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Organization highlights Inland Northwest companies with explosive growth potential
The founder said most people don t know three companies in the Spokane region each made more than $10 million in 2019. Author: Nicole Hernandez Updated: 8:08 AM PST March 5, 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. Local mom and pop shops are vital to the culture of the Inland Northwest, but there is a separate subset of businesses that contribute to the local economy in a big way.
The Inland Northwest is home to a large group of businesses that have high growth potential beyond the region. CEO of Ignite and President of the Spokane Angel Alliance, Tom Simpson, has been immersed in the Spokane-area business community for years. He said a lot of well-performing local businesses are under-recognized.
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n interesting thing happened in 2020: While many businesses took massive hits that will in some cases prove to be the death knell for companies, applications for new businesses skyrocketed across the country in the second half of the year. Applications for new employer identification numbers required for companies to hire employees hovered around 860,000 per quarter in 2018 and 2019, according to Census data, then surged to 1.6 million applications in the third quarter of 2020 and another 1.1 million in the year s last quarter. What s more, despite the pandemic, venture capital firms invested a record $130 billion in U.S. companies, according to CB Insights, which analyzes startup and economic data.