I call July to September Inc. 5000 profile season. While the rest of you are lounging on the beach, I am scheduling, researching, interviewing, writing, proofing, and editing like a woman possessed. J/K, I squeeze in beach time. But these truly are the months I write the most about companies who rank on Inc.'s annual list of the fastest-growing businesses in the U.S.

In 2023, I wrote 23 articles about 23 fast-growing businesses. These stories ran in the magazine, in a special yearbook distributed at the Inc. 5000 conference, and/or online.

Here is the Inc. 5000 Yearbook I contributed to. Here is an example of a story or two.

What's neat is that I apply the storytelling best practices I learn working for publications to the projects I do for brands and B2B marketers. For more information, email me at info@jrlisk.com.