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Longtime Modern CEO readers know I love lists, from subjective packages such as Fast Company’s Best Dressed in Business to the just-released Inc. 5000, which annually ranks America’s fastest-growing private companies.

In December, Inc. will unveil the winners of its Best in Business Awards, which aim to recognize the year’s standout projects and initiatives across more than a dozen categories. “If the Inc. 500

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