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No. 1,461 TouchStar Aurora, CO

	Year	2008
	Industry	Telecommunications
	Founded	1998
	Growth	258.7%
	2004 Revenue	$6.3 million
	2007 Revenue	$22.6 million
	Employees	250
	Website	www.touchstar.com

What it does:
A provider of unified communication and call-center technology, including on-site and hosted call-center systems, predictive dialers, voice messaging, and Web chat.

Why it's growing:
The company acquired Digisoft in 2005, Sigmaworx in 2006, and Data-Tel in 2007, and it has increased its product line. Meanwhile, it is expanding globally following a worldwide trend toward VOIP technology.

What's noteworthy:
In 2008 TouchStar founded www.commerceforchange.org, an organization that works with governments, institutions, and businesses to create jobs for remote teleservices and call-center workers in areas that are disadvantaged, remote, emerging from conflict, or recovering from disaster. It won the 2007 Contact Center World Members' Choice Best in Class Customer Service award and Members' Choice Award for outbound technology.