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WAYMO

For steering robotaxis into the fast lane

Essilor Luxottica

FOR MAKING SMART GLASSES COOL

Homecourt For adding luxury to sustainable, nontoxic household products

CLEANING YOUR home is hardly a sexy undertaking. But when you’re obsessed with design, cleanliness, and things smelling good, it can be joyful.

Crunchyroll For turning anime fandom into an ecosystem

BEING A FAN OF ANIME IN THE aughts meant you either had to know Japanese or rely on the kindness of internet strangers, who would up- load their own subtitled versions of popular series to video-hosting site Crunchyroll, which launched in 2006. In the nearly two decades since, anime has crossed from subculture into mainstream pop culture among Western audiences, with Crunchyroll leading the way.

HistoSonics

FOR CHANNELING SOUND TO DESTROY LIVER TUMORS

Port of Portland

For creating a truly local airport

Robinhood

For helping Sherwood Forest help itself

Liquid Death

FOR GIVING THE BRAND COLLAB NEW LIFE

Wonder

FOR RETHINKING HOW FOOD DELIVERY WORKS, FROM THE BOTTOM UP

TOP TEN

“I WOULDN'T WANT TO COME HERE, TO BE honest” is not the first tourism slogan that would occur to most marketers.

Anysphere

FOR OFFERING DEVELOPERS A CODING PARTNER THAT CAN SEE THE BIG PICTURE

WNBA For posting up when it mattered

WHEN BASKETBALL STARS CAITLIN Clark, Angel Reese, and Cameron Brink rolled up to the Brooklyn Academy of Music last April for the 2024 WNBA draft, they signaled the arrival of a new generation of talent—and the league’s cultural ascendance.

Entangled Publishing

FOR FUELING THE ROMANTASY FRENZY

FX

For serving up nourishing, original TV in an era of ultra-processed entertainment

Iceye

FOR SEEING THE WORLD, EVEN THROUGH CLOUDS

Zero Foodprint For funding "collective regeneration"

EVERY DAY, Americans spend hundreds of millions of dollars on food, yet very little of that money directly changes how food is grown.

Bluesky

For freeing social media from the algorithm

Athletic Brewing

Just days before Athletic Brewing's newest busy season begins—Dry January—its primary brewery, in Milford, Connecticut, is shifting into overdrive, working to fill a 30-million-can stockpile to meet the coming month's nationwide surge in demand. A majority of these six-packs will vanish from shelves within the first two weeks of 2025.

Chainalysis

For bringing transparency to the crypto industry

Rocket Lab For keeping the space race competitive

YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IT FROM the parade of SpaceX and Blue Origin headlines, but there's another player in the space-launch business—one that's considerably less flashy than the Elon Musk–and Jeff Bezos–owned companies, but gaining fast.

Duolingo

For finding a common language

Notion

FOR ORGANIZING THE TASK OF ORGANIZING

THE Top 10 Trends IN Small Business Sales

What’s the best way to drive sales today? Our experts share their predictions.

How to Tell Your Brand's Story

Your company does many things, but you must communicate it all in just a few words.Donald Miller does that better than anyone.

How to Attract the Best Talent

Most startups can’t compete on salaries or perks—so how do you hire amazing employees? Here’s how I did it, by optimizing for personal connection.

Confessions of a Former Retail Buyer

I used to place brands on Target shelves. Here's what founders always got wrong about retail—and how you can set yourself up for success.

Kyowa Leather Cloth

90 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE

Amvis Holdings

INNOVATION, FOCUS, SUSTAINABILITY

Jade Group

AN INTERNATIONAL FASHION AND LIFESTYLE COMPANY

Move Forward With Your Business Goals

Aspiring to become a business owner? Discover what these franchises have to offer to help make your dreams a reality.