Credit-card-debt collection, health care, continuing education-this year's roster of fast-growing small companies has learned to thrive in a grueling economy with a combination of risk-taking, smart strategies, and luck. What does it take to build a thriving business in today's tough economy? The same qualities that have always been required: a willingness to take risks, a business plan that holds up in bad times as well as good, a strong vision, and of course, a big helping of luck. Our annual Hot Growth ranking of America's fastest-growing small companies shows that those qualities are as plentiful as ever.
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