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NORTHEAST

More than half of this region’s honorees have made the list before—a testament to their durable growth strategies. They hail from advertising, engineering, telecom, hospitality, and more: There’s a junk-removal business, an Al-powered GPS dog fence, a culinary events platform, and a law firm fighting for sexual assault survivors.

INC. REGIONALS CLASS OF 2024

198 Companies

156% Median Growth

$15.7B Total Revenue 2022

14,560 Jobs Added

No. 3

How We Turned Eyeglasses Into a Recurring Revenue Growth Engine

PAIR EYEWEAR

New York City Sophia Edelstein and Nathan Kondamuri, co-founders and co-CEOs

2-year revenue growth: 1,305%

Sophia Edelstein and Nathan Kondamuri, both 29, co-founded Pair Eyewear in 2018, fresh out of Stanford University,

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