8 Minnesota tech firms among 100 fastest growing

The Twin Cities Business Journal reported this afternoon that eight Minnesota companies have made the Business 2.0 Top 100 Fastest Growing Technology Companies list, putting Minnesota ahead of 47 other states.From the Journal:

Minnesota ranks third among states for most companies on the list, behind California (32) and Massachusetts (11). Last year, Minnesota only had one company on the list.

New Hope-based Navarre Corp. was the highest-ranked Minnesota company on this year's list, coming in at No. 12. The other Minnesota companies on the list were Minnetonka-based American Medical Systems Holdings Inc. (49), Hutchinson-based Hutchinson Technology Inc. (51), Minneapolis-based Fair Isaac Corp. (62), Hector-based Communications Systems Inc. (64), Fridley-based Medtronic Inc. (67), Minneapolis-based Techne Corp. (87) and Minneapolis-based Possis Medical Inc. (91)

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