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No. 981 SideStep

Santa Clara, CA

Year	2007
Industry	Consumer Products
Founded	2000
Growth	359.2%
2003 Revenue	$4.8 million
2006 Revenue	$21.9 million
Employees	70
Website	www.sidestep.com

Ranked No. 32 in the Top Companies in Consumer Products

What it does: Free, real-time search engine for travel deals.

Why it's growing: SideStep checks more than 200 sites for travel bargains, but--unlike Travelocity or Expedia--doesn't charge consumers a booking fee.

What's noteworthy: Hoping to attract younger customers, the company recently added a trip-planning application to the Facebook social-networking site. Within the first month, 110,000 users joined.

Read this company's extended IncBizNet profile.

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