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Business Wire
6 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Stronghold recognized on the 2025 Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inc., the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future, today announced that Stronghold is No. 4575 on the annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list provides a data-driven snapshot of the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent, entrepreneurial businesses. Past honorees include companies such as Microsoft, Meta, Chobani, Under Armour, Timberland, Oracle, and Patagonia. Stronghold has been named to the 2025 #Inc5000 list of America's fastest-growing companies! This recognition is an incredible honor and a testament to the company's momentum and impact. Share 'Making the Inc. 5000 is a milestone that speaks to the dedication of our team, the trust of our partners, and the real-world utility we've built into StrongholdNET. We're scaling access to modern financial infrastructure, powered by innovation, transparency, and a long-term commitment to the communities we serve.' — Tammy Camp, CEO & Co-Founder, Stronghold This year's Inc. 5000 honorees have demonstrated exceptional growth while navigating economic uncertainty, inflationary pressure, and a fluctuating labor market. Among the top 500 companies on the list, the median three-year revenue growth rate reached 1,552 percent, and those companies have collectively added more than 48,678 jobs to the U.S. economy over the past three years. For the full list, company profiles, and a searchable database by industry and location, visit: 'Making the Inc. 5000 is always a remarkable achievement, but earning a spot this year speaks volumes about a company's tenacity and clarity of vision,' says Mike Hofman, editor-in-chief of Inc. 'These businesses have thrived amid rising costs, shifting global dynamics, and constant change. They didn't just weather the storm—they grew through it, and their stories are a powerful reminder that the entrepreneurial spirit is the engine of the U.S. economy.' Inc. will celebrate the honorees at the 2025 Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, taking place October 22–24 in Phoenix, and the top 500 will be listed in the Fall issue of Inc. magazine. Stronghold is a fintech infrastructure company enabling fast, secure pay-by-bank and embedded payments through developer-first APIs. Our SHx token powers merchant rewards, DeFi-based financing, and governance across StrongholdNET, bringing real-world utility to blockchain. Recognized as a Forbes Fintech 50 company and the Audience Favorite in the North America Visa Everywhere Competition, Stronghold serves thousands of merchants and partners through a compliant, enterprise-grade platform that bridges legacy and next-gen payment systems. In 2025, we launched a 60 billion SHx smart contract escrow to strengthen ecosystem stability and continued expanding a global community of over 215,000 members. Methodology Companies on the 2025 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2021 to 2024. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2021. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2024. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2021 is $100,000; the minimum for 2024 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. About Inc. Inc. is the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future. Through its journalism, Inc. aims to inform, educate, and elevate the profile of its community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating the future of business. Inc. is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with fellow leading business publication Fast Company. For more information, visit About Stronghold Stronghold is a fintech infrastructure company enabling fast, secure pay-by-bank and embedded payments through developer-first APIs. Our SHx token powers rewards and governance across our ecosystem. We're an AI-forward organization—using generative AI across every department from product to finance—to scale faster, make smarter decisions, and build better tools for the future of money.
Medscape
02-06-2025
- Business
- Medscape
Measles Update: Where Are We Now?
For 30 years, pediatrician Tammy Camp, MD, of Lubbock, Texas, never once encountered a case of measles on the job. Now, that's all changed. As she told colleagues last week, that's not all that's different in West Texas, the epicenter of the 2025 measles outbreak in the Southwest. 'We're seeing mothers who are scared, crying in the clinic because they have a baby that they have delivered just 6 weeks ago and they know that the child is too young to receive a measles vaccine,' she said in a National Academy of Medicine update about the outbreak. 'Yet, they know they need to return to work because they are responsible for putting food on the table for the rest of their family members.' To make matters more complicated, Camp has to worry about disease transmission in her clinic. While Lubbock is 90 miles from the outbreak's rural ground zero in the tiny Gaines County, the city is treating many infected people, including most of the pediatric patients who've been hospitalized. There's more. 'The other thing that's been difficult has been watching our residents and faculty struggle with the pain of watching a child suffer from a disease that they know is completely preventable, something that does not have to happen,' she said. Fortunately, the measles outbreak in the Southwest seems to be slowing. 'We do believe a lot of that has to do with the community awareness of what's going on. We have increased immunity, both actively through infection and passively through vaccines,' said Tiffany Torres, MPH, MS, surveillance, epidemiology and laboratory manager at the Lubbock Public Health Department. Still, she said, 'we don't believe this outbreak is done yet.' Outbreak Spread Amid Lower Vaccination Rates As of late May, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has confirmed 1046 measles cases in 30 states and three deaths. Since 2000, only 2019 has seen more reported cases in the United States. Yvonne 'Bonnie' Maldonado, MD, professor of pediatrics and infectious diseases at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, said measles remains one of the most infectious viruses known, with an estimated basic reproduction number (R0) of 12-15. 'This means about 12-15 susceptible individuals who are exposed to an infected individual will become infected,' she said. 'This is one of the highest, if not the highest, R0s that we know of. We need levels of about 95% population immunity in order to prevent sustained transmission,' she said. However, the percentage of US kindergarten students who've received measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccinations dropped to 92.7% in the 2023-2024 school year, Maldonado said. Public Health Workers on the Frontlines In the Southwest, Lubbock Public Health Department's Torres said her team swung into action after the first measles case by setting up a mass online meeting for medical professionals across West Texas and the Panhandle. 'We wanted to spread all the guidance that we had available and offer recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis of close contacts, as well as the vaccine options for those who are eligible to receive an MMR vaccine,' she said. The health department helped with reporting, contact tracing, and testing, Torres said. 'We also increased our vaccine efforts, removing any barriers that may have been for people to receive an MMR. We identified gaps in vaccine coverage. We found those areas that may have a low vaccine rate and sent a strike team out to the areas to try to boost that vaccine coverage prevent the spread to other communities as well.' Health workers have focused special attention on daycare facilities, she said. 'We want to be sure to avoid getting any kind of infection [in infants] because it's very, very difficult to stop the transmission. Most of them cannot receive an MMR vaccine.' Building Trust and Getting Injections in Arms How can medical professionals fight back against the influence of the antivaccine movement? Heidi Larson, PhD, founder of the Vaccine Confidence Project, said her research has shown that that language matters: Messaging that focuses on 'protection' and shared responsibility tends to resonate better than language invoking 'moral obligation.' 'People's willingness [to be vaccinated] is always higher when they see it's benefiting others,' said Larson, a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and University of Washington, Seattle. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Larson's team worked with platforms like YouTube to promote campaigns built around returning to valued activities — 'getting back to what you love' — rather than focusing on data alone. She also noted that in the United States, people are more likely to trust family and community leaders than physicians. 'Medical professionals are trusted, but they are part of a larger trust ecosystem. Peer influence is a powerful tool.' As she put it, 'people trust their family more than scientists. They trust friends more than scientists.' In addition, religious leaders in the US score higher than in other countries. 'These are the influencers,' she said, 'even though we still have high trust in scientists and healthcare professionals.' What does that mean for measles prevention? 'We need facts and figures, of course. But we also need to appeal to people's emotions, to stories.'
