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The Internet Mini-List: A Subset of the 2000 Inc. 500

This is the year the Internet hit the Inc. 500, Inc. magazine’s annual list of the fastest-growing privately held U.S. companies, big time. One indicator? Of the 500 companies on this year’s Inc. 500, 64, or 12.8%, used the word Internet, E-commerce, Web, E-business, E-something, .com,.net or on-line either in their name or in the brief description Inc. magazine publishes of what their companies do. That’s more than a twofold increase from 1999. Still, those 64 companies, listed below, represent only a fraction of the Internet-related companies on the 2000 Inc. 500. That’s because, in compiling this mini-list, we looked only at business names as published in the magazine, and at the brief business descriptions published in the magazine — which are often shortened because of space constraints.Still, despite its obvious limitations, the mini-list below will give you a taste of the role that the Internet plays in this year’s Inc. 500 class. To find out more about these companies — and the rest of the Inc. 500 — consult a copy of the Inc. 500 issue of Inc. magazine. It hits newsstands starting October 17, but subscribers receive the magazine earlier. You will also find the information here at www.inc.com/500 in November. Name and Description Published in Inc. Rank on the 2000 Inc. 500 ePartners provides E-business services #3 Support Technologies offers help-desk services, including E-support, outsourcing, & certification #14 Meritage Technologies provides E-business consulting & professional services #15 Rapid Link Communications provides Internet-based international communication services #35 Thaumaturgix provides Internet consulting services #41 PlanetGov.com operates E-commerce portal for government employees #45 Logical Net provides telecommunications & Internet services #47 Net.world provides Internet-protocol networks and software #62 CUShopper operates an on-line shopping network for credit-union members #66 CP Internet sells Internet access, network services, and data & voice lines #100 Xor provides Internet-technology, network, & systems consulting services #109 Integro provides E-business consulting services #112 Deerfield.com markets & distributes connectivity-leveraging software #116 TEOCO provides Web-based consulting & software and incubates IT companies #119 Beaverhome.com manufactures home furnishings for sale on the Internet #125 SmartDM provides on-line and off-line direct marketing services #127 Certified Associates provides E-business & IT services #134 SupplyCore.com provides Internet-based purchasing & logistics services #137 TeamTech International provides on-line portal services for conferences & other IT services #144 Infinity Software Development develops custom Internet, mainframe, client-server, & multimedia software #146 On-line Investment Services provides electronic securities-trading services #152 Capella Education provides on-line classes & long-distance education #158 Line 6 Thousand develops Internet-enabled digital audio products for music creation #168 James River Technical offers E-business and Unix consulting & services #172 TechBooks facilitates translation of written content into Internet format #173 CodeSoft International provides E-commerce consulting services #177 Paramount Technologies provides Internet-based procurement & workforce-automation software #187 IQ Group provides E-business and Internet consulting services #191 Allied Group provides Internet professional services #193 eCybersuite provides E-business & IT services #197 ManagedOps.com sells software and provides information-systems consulting services. #206 National Healthcare Resources provides on-line and off-line services for resolving insurance claims #216 Shore.net offers Internet access & hosting services #220 TRX provides fulfillment & technology services for the on-line travel industry #224 InfoSphere designs, builds, & supports infrastructure for E-business sites #231 RMX delivers mail & parcels and provides E-commerce services #233 Go-e-biz.com offers E-business workshops and consulting services #243 LocalNet provides regional Internet services #246 PB Systems provides integration, design, & E-business services #270 Inforonics provides E-business outsourcing services #285 IntelliNet provides consulting & E-strategy services #292 REI Systems provides E-business services #295 SimStar provides E-business services to pharmaceutical companies #326 Cue Data Services provides IT & E-commerce consulting services #327 Bizstrata provides products and on-line services to the direct-selling industry #329 Crimson Consulting Group provides marketing consulting services for E-commerce and Internet companies #331 Datazed Software Services provides IT consulting & Internet-access services #341 Revelwood provides software & services for Web-based enterprise planning & reporting #344 Authoria develops E-workforce communication software #347 Atlantic.Net offers Internet-access & Web hosting services #350 Accuship.com provides on-line shipping services #353 Catapult Systems provides E-business consulting services & products #370 Mainline Information Systems sells IBM computer systems & provides E-commerce consulting services #375 G.A. Sullivan provides Internet-software-development services #400 OnSphere provides E-business consulting services #401 Traffic Builders provides turnkey interactive trade-show and Internet promotions #403 CyberRep.com provides live customer-interaction services over the Web #408 UltraBac.com designs & sells backup & disaster-recovery software #417 Examen provides Internet-based tools for managing legal costs #419 Network One provides long-distance, Internet-access and other telephone services #422 Newton Resource Group provides Web-based IT services #448 Rapidigm provides Web-development, enterprise-resource-planning, & IT consulting services #452 Glyphix Studio provides brand-development, Web-design, and strategic-marketing services #497 eLabor.com provides labor-resource-planning software #500 Copyright © 2000 G+J USA Publishing

Growth Market Suppliers Make the Inc. 500

Some of the 64 explicitly Internet-related companies on the 2000 Inc. 500 listare following a time-honored tactic of entrepreneurs with growing, young, privately held companies: They’re supplying emerging-growth markets rather than participating directly in them. A classic example of this type of business model is TechBooks (#173), which started out in technical publishing. Today, the company, which had more than $20 million in 1999 sales, processes content for large publishers who want Internet-ready versions of their work. TechBooks isn’t alone in growing by addressing other businesses’ Internet needs. Scan the list and, in the top 50 alone, you’ll see companies offering e-business services (ePartners, #3), e-business consulting (Meritage Technologies, #15), and Internet consulting services (Thaumaturgix, #41). Look a little further and you’ll see companies profiting from the general rush — among consumers as well as businesses — to get online. Logical Net (#47) sells Internet access not only to businesses, but also, through its Capital.NET subsidiary, to consumers. Meanwhile, Deerfield.com (#116) sells software designed to help both home and business users make the most of their Internet connections. The model of supplying growth markets isn’t limited to the Internet companies on the list. InfoNXX (#334) supplies the growing wireless phone industry with directory assistance services, while Cytomation‘s (#371) flagship biotech instrumentation product was developed for use in the Human Genome Project. Copyright © 2000 G+J USA Publishing

The Internet Mini-List: A Subset of the 2000 Inc. 500

This is the year the Internet hit the Inc. 500, Inc. magazine’s annual list of the fastest-growing privately held U.S. companies, big time. One indicator? Of the 500 companies on this year’s Inc. 500, 64, or 12.8%, used the word Internet, E-commerce, Web, E-business, E-something, .com,.net or on-line either in their name or in the brief description Inc. magazine publishes of what their companies do. That’s more than a twofold increase from 1999. Still, those 64 companies, listed below, represent only a fraction of the Internet-related companies on the 2000 Inc. 500. That’s because, in compiling this mini-list, we looked only at business names as published in the magazine, and at the brief business descriptions published in the magazine — which are often shortened because of space constraints.Still, despite its obvious limitations, the mini-list below will give you a taste of the role that the Internet plays in this year’s Inc. 500 class. To find out more about these companies — and the rest of the Inc. 500 — consult a copy of the Inc. 500 issue of Inc. magazine. It hits newsstands starting October 17, but subscribers receive the magazine earlier. You will also find the information here at www.inc.com/500 in November. Name and Description Published in Inc. Rank on the 2000 Inc. 500 ePartners provides E-business services #3 Support Technologies offers help-desk services, including E-support, outsourcing, & certification #14 Meritage Technologies provides E-business consulting & professional services #15 Rapid Link Communications provides Internet-based international communication services #35 Thaumaturgix provides Internet consulting services #41 PlanetGov.com operates E-commerce portal for government employees #45 Logical Net provides telecommunications & Internet services #47 Net.world provides Internet-protocol networks and software #62 CUShopper operates an on-line shopping network for credit-union members #66 CP Internet sells Internet access, network services, and data & voice lines #100 Xor provides Internet-technology, network, & systems consulting services #109 Integro provides E-business consulting services #112 Deerfield.com markets & distributes connectivity-leveraging software #116 TEOCO provides Web-based consulting & software and incubates IT companies #119 Beaverhome.com manufactures home furnishings for sale on the Internet #125 SmartDM provides on-line and off-line direct marketing services #127 Certified Associates provides E-business & IT services #134 SupplyCore.com provides Internet-based purchasing & logistics services #137 TeamTech International provides on-line portal services for conferences & other IT services #144 Infinity Software Development develops custom Internet, mainframe, client-server, & multimedia software #146 On-line Investment Services provides electronic securities-trading services #152 Capella Education provides on-line classes & long-distance education #158 Line 6 Thousand develops Internet-enabled digital audio products for music creation #168 James River Technical offers E-business and Unix consulting & services #172 TechBooks facilitates translation of written content into Internet format #173 CodeSoft International provides E-commerce consulting services #177 Paramount Technologies provides Internet-based procurement & workforce-automation software #187 IQ Group provides E-business and Internet consulting services #191 Allied Group provides Internet professional services #193 eCybersuite provides E-business & IT services #197 ManagedOps.com sells software and provides information-systems consulting services. #206 National Healthcare Resources provides on-line and off-line services for resolving insurance claims #216 Shore.net offers Internet access & hosting services #220 TRX provides fulfillment & technology services for the on-line travel industry #224 InfoSphere designs, builds, & supports infrastructure for E-business sites #231 RMX delivers mail & parcels and provides E-commerce services #233 Go-e-biz.com offers E-business workshops and consulting services #243 LocalNet provides regional Internet services #246 PB Systems provides integration, design, & E-business services #270 Inforonics provides E-business outsourcing services #285 IntelliNet provides consulting & E-strategy services #292 REI Systems provides E-business services #295 SimStar provides E-business services to pharmaceutical companies #326 Cue Data Services provides IT & E-commerce consulting services #327 Bizstrata provides products and on-line services to the direct-selling industry #329 Crimson Consulting Group provides marketing consulting services for E-commerce and Internet companies #331 Datazed Software Services provides IT consulting & Internet-access services #341 Revelwood provides software & services for Web-based enterprise planning & reporting #344 Authoria develops E-workforce communication software #347 Atlantic.Net offers Internet-access & Web hosting services #350 Accuship.com provides on-line shipping services #353 Catapult Systems provides E-business consulting services & products #370 Mainline Information Systems sells IBM computer systems & provides E-commerce consulting services #375 G.A. Sullivan provides Internet-software-development services #400 OnSphere provides E-business consulting services #401 Traffic Builders provides turnkey interactive trade-show and Internet promotions #403 CyberRep.com provides live customer-interaction services over the Web #408 UltraBac.com designs & sells backup & disaster-recovery software #417 Examen provides Internet-based tools for managing legal costs #419 Network One provides long-distance, Internet-access and other telephone services #422 Newton Resource Group provides Web-based IT services #448 Rapidigm provides Web-development, enterprise-resource-planning, & IT consulting services #452 Glyphix Studio provides brand-development, Web-design, and strategic-marketing services #497 eLabor.com provides labor-resource-planning software #500 Copyright © 2000 G+J USA Publishing

Growth Market Suppliers Make the Inc. 500

Some of the 64 explicitly Internet-related companies on the 2000 Inc. 500 listare following a time-honored tactic of entrepreneurs with growing, young, privately held companies: They’re supplying emerging-growth markets rather than participating directly in them. A classic example of this type of business model is TechBooks (#173), which started out in technical publishing. Today, the company, which had more than $20 million in 1999 sales, processes content for large publishers who want Internet-ready versions of their work. TechBooks isn’t alone in growing by addressing other businesses’ Internet needs. Scan the list and, in the top 50 alone, you’ll see companies offering e-business services (ePartners, #3), e-business consulting (Meritage Technologies, #15), and Internet consulting services (Thaumaturgix, #41). Look a little further and you’ll see companies profiting from the general rush — among consumers as well as businesses — to get online. Logical Net (#47) sells Internet access not only to businesses, but also, through its Capital.NET subsidiary, to consumers. Meanwhile, Deerfield.com (#116) sells software designed to help both home and business users make the most of their Internet connections. The model of supplying growth markets isn’t limited to the Internet companies on the list. InfoNXX (#334) supplies the growing wireless phone industry with directory assistance services, while Cytomation‘s (#371) flagship biotech instrumentation product was developed for use in the Human Genome Project. Copyright © 2000 G+J USA Publishing