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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