Lead411 Launches Hottest Companies in New York City Awards

LOS ANGELES, Calif., – February 7, 2012 – In order to recognize the fastest growing technology companies in Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara, Lead411 is proud to announce the release of its “Hottest Companies in New York City” award.

Background
Each day, the Lead411 research team scours through 600+ press releases and business articles including venture capital fundings, company launches, new office openings, customer press releases, etc. This information has given insight to which are the fastest growing companies in the U.S. Their “Hottest Companies” awards have been created to recognize these fast growing companies in different geographic regions. This particular list originally started with over 2200 companies and it has been narrowed down to the top 73.

“This is our 3rd Annual New York City award. We are pleased with the recognition the Award has received over the past few years,” said Tom Blue, CEO of Lead411, “and we are very proud of the respected list of companies for the 2012 winners.”

How the Winners Were Chosen
First, all companies must be in either the Software, Wireless, Internet, Hardware, or Media industry and be a privately held organization, and be within New York City region. From there, each company must meet one or more of the following requirements;

• 100% increase in revenues over the past 2 years; OR
• Over $5M in funding in the past 2 years

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