Young, nimble and growing fast: Key lessons from the 2013 Smart50

They’re nimble, young and brimming with innovation – they’re the innovators on the Crowe Horwath–SmartCompany Smart50 list of 2013.

The current breed of companies has been through a baptism of fire. Many lived through the global financial crisis, and can tell how it wreaked havoc on their businesses; but plenty saw the chaos as an opportunity – and it’s paid off big time.

To read the entire list, you can visit our page here. Some key statistics are available here, but needless to say – they’re extremely impressive.

In a year when businesses have struggled to stay afloat, the Smart50 have grown at an average rate of 92%.