I came to work this morning and found a piano in our office. At a less rapidly growing company, this kind of thing would be unheard of. But when you work for one of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America, large musical instruments just show up.
mental_floss was recently ranked #2,939 on the Inc. 5000, and apparently we’re one of the 50 fastest growing media companies. If this keeps up, maybe next year we can hire a freelance piano player to provide mood music.
You don’t get to be America’s 2,939th fastest growing company without such loyal readers (well, at least not in the media sector). So thanks for letting our magazine into your homes, our shirts into your wardrobes and our site into your bookmarks folder. If you’d like to further immerse yourself, everything in our store is 10% off. Just use the code “inc” during checkout.
(It turns out the piano’s arrival is unrelated to the Inc. ink. But it’s still exciting, and opens up a whole new can of possibilities for the site. In a future video post, maybe Mangesh and I can cover the All in the Family theme song. That should rocket us into the triple digits next year.)
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Congrats!
A gong just showed up at the advertising agency I work for. I guess that means we’re doing well too!
posted by Martha on 8-25-2008 at 2:15 pm
Definitely keep me in mind if you want to hire that freelance piano player for mood music. :)
posted by Dustin on 8-25-2008 at 2:32 pm
Congrats on the ranking and the piano! I’ll do what I can to get you higher on the list. So far I fit into all three of your categories. :O)
posted by Tricia on 8-25-2008 at 2:56 pm
Sounds like you might need to hire some new contributors. I will be waiting by the phone for your call
posted by Marty on 8-25-2008 at 3:58 pm
Hey, I can play the chopsticks–but not very well–hire me!!
I love everything from the mag, to the blog, to the t-shirt I wear a little too often.
All that will happen is that you will keep rocketing, and I can say–hey, they kept rocketing.
best of luck!
Kathy
posted by kathy on 8-25-2008 at 5:33 pm
Congrats! I know we’re all more than happy to have helped you get this far and we’ll be here as you move on up the list. Keep up the good work!
posted by pam on 8-25-2008 at 5:35 pm
Oooh! Hire me to provide ambient and pretty New Age/Baroque music!!!
posted by Mal on 8-26-2008 at 11:22 am
Now I feel super special that you linked to my site before. Hot dang, I’m making it big now!
posted by Jill on 8-26-2008 at 8:17 pm