
 
HOT GROWTH
 The 100 Best Small Companies Talent, teamwork, and creativity powered BusinessWeek's Hot Growth stars of 2005
 These Alums Really Make The Grade How last year's Hot Growth stocks fared
 Hansen Natural Charging at Red Bull with a brawny energy brew
 Online Extra: Fruitful Energy Hansen Natural jumped on the natural-beverage train, then did some big-time innovating
 Build-A-Bear Workshop Retailing gets interactive with toys designed by tots
 Online Extra: This Bear Doesn't Hibernate Build-A-Bear Workshop's CEO explains why malls and seasonality have limited other toy stores and plush-animal brands -- but not her outfit
 Design Within Reach High-style furniture without the snob factor
 Online Extra: DWR: Couched in Chic, Priced to Sell The furniture retailer offers "design with no elitism" to aesthetes on a budget, says its CEO: "We wanted to do this business differently"
 Online Extra: Ikea's Design for Growth With the Swedish furniture chain in expansion mode, design exec Lena Simonsson-Berge discusses how it views the U.S. market
 Cogent Leaving its prints on the biometrics market
 Palomar Medical Zapping away the signs of aging
 Online Extra: Palomar: Seeing the Light Cosmetic-laser treatments are booming, and pioneer Palomar is reaping the rewards. CEO Joseph Caruso tells how it got there
 Online Extra: Meridian Gets Back on Track With the flu-kit debacle behind it, the Ohio medical diagnostics company is poised to continue its healthy growth
 Hot Growth Companies Scoreboard (.pdf)
 Online Extra: The Hall of Fame Slide Show
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