The Inner City 100
100 street-smart companies.
81. Global Affiliates
230%
5.7 million
11
Global Affiliates (known to its customers as GlobalFit) works with a network of health clubs across the country to provide discounted membership fees to the employees of client companies as part of the companies' benefits packages. Global Affiliates' corporate client base tops 1,200 businesses in 49 cities.
82. Advertising Ventures
229%
1.8 million
20
Providence
The downfall of most creative advertising firms is that they fail to diversify their client list, says founder Steve Rosa. So even though Advertising Ventures made a name for itself in high tech, Rosa has aggressively pursued accounts in pharmaceuticals and personal finance.
83. Threespot Media
221%
2.1 million
20
Music fans may recognize Bill Barbot for his indie-rock past before they recognize him as a co-founder of one of D.C.'s most successful marketing and design firms. Before starting Threespot, Barbot played guitar for Jawbox, a band that toured with the likes of Stone Temple Pilots.
84. Selrico Services
218%
41.9 million
1,200
Selrico provides food services, waste removal, and recycling for large organizations, with a focus on the military. In Amman, Jordan, for example, Selrico workers dish out 12,000 meals a day to international coalition forces and the Iraqi police cadets they are training.
85. Importicos
213%
1.3 million
5
Perhaps being born in the Coonawarra region -- wine country Down Under -- sealed Jon Egan's fate. He is now a major importer of Australian wine, which he warehouses and sells to distributors throughout the U.S. Egan's offices are in the French Quarter; he also runs a storefront gallery that sells jazz- and wine-themed art to a steady stream of tourists.
86. Nextaff
208%
4.6 million
228
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