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No. 34 AdBrite San Francisco, CA

	Year	2008
	Industry	Advertising & Marketing
	Founded	2001
	Growth	3,856.1%
	2004 Revenue	$792,603
	2007 Revenue	$31.4 million
	Employees	114
	Website	www.adbrite.com

What it does:
The eBay of online advertisers, AdBrite gives buyers and sellers of internet ads a place to make and accept advertising bids.

Why it's growing:
Externally, there has been an explosion in online advertising. Internally, the company has improved its technological offerings with new products that allow for more and more targeted advertising.

What's noteworthy:
In early 2008, the company launched Spottt.com, which provides free link exchanges. CEO Iggy Fanlo says there are about a million entities that pay for online ads, but well over 100 million websites. Spottt.com gives online ad links to "the other 99%."