ICIC revealed the 100 fastest-growing inner city businesses in America at the 20th annual Inner City 100 Conference and Awards in Boston on October 1st and 2nd. The list, which seeks to celebrate and advance urban entrepreneurship, ranks companies by their growth rate during the previous five years. The 2018 winners employed 10,085 individuals in 2017, with ... Read More

This year’s 20th anniversary of the Inner City 100 Awards and Conference will feature a conversation between two groundbreaking individuals, Deval Patrick, Managing Director of Bain Double Impact and former Governor of Massachusetts, and Richelieu Dennis, Founder, CEO and Executive Chairman of Sundial Brands and also Founder and Chairman of Essence Ventures LLC, which recently acquired Essence Communications Inc. from Time Inc. Read More

At the 2017 Inner City 100 Awards and Conference, ICIC and Staples presented a special award honoring one business’s outstanding achievement in revenue growth. Clason Point Partners was the 2017 recipient of the Staples Business Growth Award, which recognizes the #1 business on the Inner City 100 list. In February, ICIC and Staples hosted a workshop in New York City which explored in more depth how CPP manages such impressive growth, and what their plans are for the future. Read More

With the 20^th anniversary of the Inner City 100 program taking place this year, it’s a perfect time to look back at past IC100 winners and see how their participation impacted their lives, careers and communities. The broad range of individuals represented in the IC100 list is ever-changing, but they all seem to share a few things in common. Read More

At the 2017 Inner City 100 Awards and Conference ICIC and Staples presented a special award honoring one business’s outstanding achievement in revenue growth. Read More