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Weatherhead Upstarts are Northeast Ohio companies that met the criteria for inclusion in the Weatherhead 100 listings, but had 15 or fewer employees and/or less than $1 million in net sales in 1997.
| No. | Company Name | City | Sales growth (%) |
| 1. | Custom Edge, Inc. | Brooklyn Heights | 1,695% |
| 2. | Lakeside Scrap Metals, Inc. | Cleveland | 575 |
| 3. | John Robert's Hair Studio & Spa | Mayfield Heights | 503 |
| 4. | The Human Resource Group, Inc. | Cleveland | 496 |
| 5. | StarTech Consulting Services Inc. | Broadview Heights | 485 |
| 6. | Stein & Company Marketing Communications | Cleveland | 340 |
| 7. | BV Technologies, Inc. | Brook Park | 308 |
| 8. | Gray & Company, Publishers | Cleveland | 275 |
| 9. | Master Consulting Group | Cleveland | 245 |
| 10. | Don Basch Jewelers, Inc. | Macedonia | 240 |
| 11. | Dise & Company | Cleveland | 232 |
| 12. | UPE, Incorporated | Richfield | 223 |
| 13. | International Sources Inc. | Chesterland | 220 |
| 14. | Loveman-Curtiss, Inc. | Pepper Pike | 209 |
| 15. | Premium Metals Inc. | Cleveland | 189 |
| 16. | Caster Connection, Inc. | Chardon | 175 |
| 17. | Superior Tool Company | Cleveland | 160 |
| 18. | ATS Machine & Tool Co., Inc. | Cleveland | 151 |
| 19. | Technigraph Media Services, Inc. | Cleveland | 150 |
| 20. | Major Electronix, Corporation | Eastlake | 135 |
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