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BEST in BUSi NeSS 2024 • You'd be hard-pressed to find an entrepreneur who doesn't operate their business with a singular goal: to be the very best. That is, to consistently find new ways to outperform, iterate, innovate, and drive change across their industry and their community. This year, Inc.'s Best in Business list recognizes the companies and individuals that, in 2024, stood apart from the crowd in their perseverance, tenacity, and creativity, delivering on audacious goals and raising the bar for their competition. Uncovering their stories, you'll certainly agree: They did their absolute best.

BiRTh Legend • Latham Thomas's Mama Glow has birthed thousands of new doula jobs while advancing reproductive justice.

MAchiNe Learning • Jenny Young and her Brooklyn Robot Foundry franchise are making tech education fun.

INC.'S BEST IN BUSINESS

HiVe Minded • Beewise set out to save the bees. Its AI-powered beehive technology protects pollinators.

Making a Personal PiTch • Jenny Nguyen intended to launch a design-centric public relations firm. She soon realized what she really wanted to build was an online community for creative entrepreneurs.

Craig Newmark Is Still Connecting People, Online and Off • He founded one of the great, disruptive websites. Now he supports causes that strengthen communities.

Chip Conley | Like every good founder, you surely obsess over ROI. Here's a new way to define it.

Shuman Ghosemajumder | Does your company need a head of product? It's the hardest role to fill. Here's what to look for.

Marina Khidekel | When should you take things off your plate? Successful outsourcing is all in the timing.

The Outlook for 2025? Here's How to Forecast for Your Business • The founders of Novae, WeCreate, and Zipdev share how they're planning ahead for a big growth year.

This Company Is Making Customer Reviews More Honest • TrustGrade's new customer review platform enables businesses to stand up for themselves and share their side of the story.

PAUL SMITH IS STILL HAVING FUN • After more than 50 years in business, the British designer's greatest joy isn't mingling with celebrities or royalty—but dressing customers just like you.

THE BODY SHOP • Leave it to entrepr to design the next-level wellness products to help keep you operating at peak performance, no matter how packed your calendar or how looming your year- end deliverables.

Inc. The NEW ICONS & Innovators • This year wasn't easy in the business world. Though the Dow surged 4,000 points and inflation settled around 2.4 percent, it is fair to say that uncertainty undermined even the cleverest of growth strategies. And yet, for the most disciplined, creative, and bold among you, doors continued to open. On the following pages, we present the people and companies from Inc.'s Best in Business list who stand out. They continue to build the future in spite of the headwinds and obstacles we all face. Meet the new icons and innovators who inspired us this year—the people who looked 2024 in the eye and didn't blink.

Bringing Hollywood CREATiVITy to Small Business • With MNTN, Ryan Reynolds and Mark Douglas pair innovative ad tech with a hell of a lot of fun.

A 21st CENTURY Leader • How Stacy Brown-Philpot became your board members’ favorite board member.

Home Economics • How Chairish brought the circular economy to furniture.

Riding the Wave • With Beehiiv, Tyler Denk...