Electronic health records software maker Quality Systems ranks 43rd and has been a member of our Best Small Company list for 12 straight years.

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However, on a dollar for dollar basis, a mobile website, not an app, might be the best investment for a small company.

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Since being tasked by Chief Executive Hubert Joly with turning around the big-box stores in November, Mr. Score has been applying lessons he learned running Best Buy's small Best Buy Mobile outlets to the company's flagship stores.

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Perhaps the best way to invest in a small company like Medidep that is not listed on U.S. exchanges is through a mutual fund.

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The company will open more small Best Buy Mobile stores, where it uses a device-savvy sales force to sell smart phones and other mobile devices.

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The first is the Olive Oil Club from Fresh Pressed Olive Oil, a company that seeks out the best small producers around the world.

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By 1972 the firm's New Horizons Fund of small-company stocks had the best 10-year record of any fund and its Growth Stock Fund the best 20-year record.

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Even though we were a relatively small group of 3 full time and 4 part time when we created them, I was inspired to do this by Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, who suggested the best time to create Core Values is when your company is small.

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The company went public in 1984 and appeared several times on the Best Small Companies lists through 1991.

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Whenever I meet an early stage company selling to restaurants or small businesses I always tell them the best place to demo it is Coupa because of all the VCs there.

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