A Cloud Guru

Full-time headcount: 394 | Headquarters: Austin | Year founded: 2015 | Most common skills: Cloud Computing, Salesforce.com, Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Largest job functions: Sales, Arts and Design, Engineering | What you should know: Online training developer A Cloud Guru helps individuals — ranging from students to techies to small business employees — develop and strengthen their cloud skills. The company’s courses emphasize a “learning by doing approach,” and its new Hands-On Labs feature puts learners in “real world cloud environments” to hone their abilities. The company has taught 2 million people since its founding, with 800,000 signing up within the last year.