Breakout List — A list of the fastest growing startups

I've run the list through Clearbit (https://clearbit.com) - which gives some interesting data like a more accurate headcount: https://docs.google.com/spreadsh... ---- update The mysterious person behind Breakout List (I promise it's not me) asked me to paste this in a comment: "wanted to say thanks to alex - the clearbit data is awesome, looks like a very useful tool the employee counts will be updated if you’re curious about where the companies come from/what data, collected data from some investors who got in early on companies you’ve definitely heard of (+the standard crunchbase combing) also @mattermark/nick/danielle, definitely reach out! would be great to collab and lastly, if you’re a PH maker and want help getting in touch with a co on the list, feel free to email ph@breakoutlist.com"

I have the same question as @lukekndy. How are these startups being chosen? Is this data-driven? More importantly, who's writing the notes about these startups? Apparently Instacart has a "5/5" rating for product? I love Instacart but this means nothing without disclosure and context.

Yep, I thought it'd fit well with MatterMark. Maybe he can use MatterMark's data to support it? I suggested making it a more ranked list, e.g. the fastest growing on top but he told me he didn't have data for that yet. That would make this very interesting for monitoring startups and joining them as an employee too.

We could likely create this list based on concrete data/signals with Mattermark. I think it would be relatively simple.

an anonymous founder? in the age of product hunt? IMPOSSIBLE

FYI THIS NOT MY PRODUCT! It was inspired by Nomad List though, and the person who made this asked me to submit it. The maker would like to stay anonymous (for some reason unclear to me), please shout a lot so he gives up that weird idea and joins us in the comments :)

It's an idea I've been toying with but I, too, would be curious to know what metrics are being used here. Also, from a design aesthetics POV, the site's overuse of legends and tags is hurting my eyes.

Ignoring the data quality aspect for a moment (same questions as above)... ... not a single Austin, TX company on the list... wah, wah, wah. Would be nice to add sorting - geographically, by segment, etc.

This a really interesting idea, and I appreciate that's it's early stage, but it would be great to see some international startups included for those who live outside of the U.S.!

It's a great idea, and something that could be really useful across the world *if* there was transparency into how this was put together.

I don't get how this list was created. What are the data sources? What classifies these as breakout?

Oh, this has some promise for a new approach to job boards. More whitespace in the data table, muted-colored tag pills and something like .container { max-width: 1200; } in your custom css would make this a little easier to consume.

Based on this list, the fastest growing startups are ONLY based in the US :) Where is the rest of the world?

Would love to hear @DanielleMorrill thoughts on this!

What @rrhoover said :)

Great idea!! Craft.co has similar approach - 10k companies profiled so far (US+Int'l, Hot startups, bigger companies), piping data from Crunchbase, Twitter, AngelList, LinkedIn, GoogFin, etc. + companies' own Jobs/About Us page. happy to chat! ilya at craft dot co if interested :)

How do companies get those little "Working at X" pages? Would love to help get one up for Medium ;)

cc @bastiaanjanmaat @DanielleMorrill. Any thoughts?