How Inner City 100 Companies Differentiate Themselves:

  • 39% differentiate themselves by the quality of their product or service.

  • 29% differentiate themselves by their customer service.

  • 10% differentiate themselves by the breadth of their product or service offering.

Factors Currently Limiting Growth:

  • 33% are limited by their inability to recruit qualified employees.

  • Access to capital is limiting the growth of 18% of companies.

  • 13% can't grow until they have further developed their corporate infrastructure.

Primary Customers:

  • 35% Government

  • 22% Fortune 1000 companies

  • 16% Consumers

Sources of Revenue:

  • 38% of revenue was from national sales.

  • Inner city sales made up 26% of revenue.

  • 21% of sales were regional.

  • International sales constituted 6% of revenue.

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