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title: 5 Founder Insights From the Inc. 5000 | Trends by The Hustle
description: A small town in Pennsylvania called Malvern has more Inc. 5000 winners per capita than NYC, San Francisco, and Los Angeles combined. For more surprising insights, check out our 2020 analysis of the Inc. 5000 list.
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# [5 Founder Insights From the Inc. 5000 | Trends by The Hustle](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/5-founder-insights-from-the-inc-5000)

 Written by [Aja Frost @ajavuu](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/author/aja-frost-ajavuu) | Aug 24, 2020 9:08:16 PM

What does it mean to land a spot on the Inc. 5000 list? Ask a dozen different people, and you’ll likely get a dozen different answers, ranging from solemn admiration (“It means you have a great company”) to wry skepticism (“It’s nothing but a marketing ploy”).

Regardless of where you fall on that spectrum, what’s certain is that the Inc. 5000 represents a ton of work on behalf of the founders and companies listed on it. All told, the companies on this year’s list account for ~$209B in revenue and ~600k employees.

Last year, we did a [deep dive on all 5k rows of the Inc. 5000](https://trends.co/articles/making-sense-of-the-inc-5000/), which ultimately became the basis for our [Inc. 5000 Signals database](https://trends.co/database/making-sense-of-the-inc-5000/). 

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