Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies 2001

Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies chronicles the rise of America's most dynamic growth firms. It covers 500 companies, with in-depth profiles of 125 of the companies.

All of the companies in the book are U.S. companies that are public or are expected to go public within a short time after publication of this book. The majority of the companies covered have sales between $10 million and $1 billion, with a growth rate of at least 100% a year for the past three years. Some exceptions were made to this rule to allow us to include some exciting young companies that don't strictly fit our criteria.

Discover how companies such as Broadcom and Covad Communications have raced past their competitors to become leaders in their fields. You'll learn about young companies, such as NextCard and Ariba, that are poised for spectacular growth, and the stories behind IPOs such as Red Hat and Vignette.

The book includes lists of fast-growing companies from Business Week, Forbes, FORTUNE and other publications, and is indexed by headquarters location and industry, and by the people, companies and brand names mentioned in the profiles.