173% three-year sales growth lands leading marketing analytics provider at #2141 in annual listing of fastest-growing companies
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — DataSong http://www.datasong.com/, a company specializing in customer insights for modern marketers, today announced it has ranked No. 2141 in Inc. Magazine's seventh annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The company, which is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, recently celebrated a milestone 10-year anniversary and brought two of its brands, UpStream Software and Business Researchers, Inc, under the new unified identity DataSong.
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"We are honored to be recognized for the second straight year as one of the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies," said DataSong Founder and CEO, John Wallace. "We've continued to grow because our ultimate measure of success is our customers' success. Our vision is to make marketers into heroes who drive revenue and our incredibly talented people are passionate about making that happen."
In a stagnant economic environment, median growth rate of 2013 Inc. 500|5000 companies is an impressive 142 percent. The companies on this year's list report having created over 520,000 jobs in the past three years, and aggregate revenue among the honorees reached $241 billion.
The complete Inc 500|5000 list can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
Methodology
The 2013 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2009 to 2012. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2009. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2012. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2009 is $100,000; the minimum for 2012 is $2 million.
About Inc. Magazine
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures, Inc. is the only major brand dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies, with the aim to deliver real solutions for today's innovative company builders. Total monthly audience reach for the brand has grown significantly from 2,000,000 in 2010 to over 6,000,000 today. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
About DataSong
We believe breakthrough insights can create marketing heroes. Our clients have mountains of data about how their customers interact with their business. We use game-changing statistical techniques to slice through the noise and hear the customer: Why did they buy? When will they buy next? What marketing moves them? How satisfied and loyal are they?
DataSong provides big data apps and custom solutions that help leading retail organizations grow their business. We are a global team of mathematicians, developers, statisticians, physicists, MBAs and PhDs with a single mission: finding breakthrough insights.
For more information, please visit www.datasong.com, or follow us on Twitter @datasong or on Facebook.
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