I was in Boston and New York this past week to meet with some great analysts from Forrester, IDC and Gartner (and not to mention, take advantage of the awesome weather – 81° F in New York on Friday!).

But I was also invited out here by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), as e-storm was shortlisted by the organization for their 2009 Inner City list, an annual competition highlighting the nation’s 100 fastest-growing companies located in urban communities. Upon entering the ceremony with ‘adjusted’ expectations, I was absolutely thrilled when we learned that we placed 26th out of the 100 finalists!

As one of the over 5,000 companies to have been nominated, and as one of fifteen companies in California selected to the final 100, e-storm was able to make the list by demonstrating its ability to continually thrive in San Francisco, one of the nation’s, if not world’s, most competitive cities. The qualification was made based on several variables, including e-storm’s year-over-year growth rate, current financials, workforce composition, and of course, location.

I’d like to thank everyone who made this possible, and we look forward to continuing this tradition on into 2010 and beyond.

Past honorees of the InnerCity 100? Extreme Pizza, Belkin Corporation, Niman Ranch, and BankServ….nice to be part of the group!