# Press & Awards

**Inner City 100: Fastest-Growing Inner City Businesses** [Read more](/content/blogs/press-awards/inner-city-100-fastest-growing-inner-city-businesses/index.html)

Every year, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City identifies, ranks, and spotlights the 100 fastest-growing businesses located in America’s inner cities. These companies are experiencing rapid growth and have a profound positive impact on their communities.

**The Undying Legacy Of The Hieroglyphics Logo On Underground Hip-Hop Culture** [Read more](/content/blogs/press-awards/the-undying-legacy-of-the-hieroglyphics-logo-on-underground-hip-hop-culture/index.html)

"A couple of years ago, in an effort to be able to focus more on their music and less on the day-to-day operations of the merchandise, Hiero partnered with Oaklandish, a civic pride-focused retailer."

**Fast 100** [Read more](/content/blogs/press-awards/fast-101/index.html)

2017 Fast 50: fastest-growing private companies in the East Bay. 2016 Fast 100: fastest-growing private companies in the Bay Area.

**Oakland Small Business of the Year** [Read more](/content/blogs/press-awards/oakland-small-business-of-the-year/index.html)

We are very proud to be named Oakland Small Business of the Year by Assemblymember Rob Bonta!

**Oakland Magazine** [Read more](/content/blogs/press-awards/oakland-magazine/index.html)

OAKLAND MAGAZINE'S BEST OF OAKLAND AND THE EAST BAY 2015 Best Men's Clothing and Best East Bay Product. 2014 Best East Bay Product. 2012 Best T-Shirts, Best New Kid's Clothes.

**East Bay Express** [Read more](/content/blogs/press-awards/east-bay-express-1/index.html)

EAST BAY EXPRESS: BEST OF THE EAST BAY. 2017 Readers' Poll Winner: Best Boutique. 2015 Readers' Poll Winner: Best Locally Produced Goods. 2014 Readers' Poll Winner: Best Locally Produced Goods.

**Fortune Magazine x Harvard Business School** [Read more](/content/blogs/press-awards/fortune-mag/index.html)

FORTUNE MAGAZINE: INNER CITY 100. Inner City 100 companies exemplify more than outstanding growth. They are forces of economic opportunity, optimism, and transformation in their communities.

**Inc. 5000** [Read more](/content/blogs/press-awards/inc-5000/index.html)

Inc. 5000 2015 rank: 1941. 2017 rank: 3486.

**OAKLANDISH APPAREL LETS TOP STUDENTS STRUT THEIR STUFF** [Read more](/content/blogs/press-awards/oaklandish-apparel-lets-top-students-strut-their-stuff/index.html)

"Oaklandish, the city's iconic clothing designer and manufacturer, is wrapping up its fifth year of rewarding Oakland's most studious high schoolers."

**WORLD WIDE NATE BRINGS YOU OAKLAND** [Read more](/content/blogs/press-awards/world-wide-nate-brings-you-oakland/index.html)

"From a culinary location to a cultural location, I was drawn to Oaklandish. They began as a public art program, but quickly grew into a successful brand that represents Oakland to the fullest."