CED honored area entrepreneurs and high-growth companies during the organization's 22nd annual Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards on June 5, at the American Tobacco Historic District. Video highlights of this gala event were captured by CED supporter BackFocus Films.
Below is the complete list of the 2008 Entrepreneurial Excellence Award winners:
- Lifetime Achievement Award - Monica Doss
- Entrepreneurial Excellence - Scot Wingo, ChannelAdvisor Corp.
- Outstanding Service to Entrepreneurs - Brooks Malone, Hughes Pittman & Gupton L.L.P
- Public Deal of the Year - TranS1, Inc., Rick Randall
- Private Deal of the Year - InnerPulse, Inc., Dan Pelak
- Growth Company of the Year (Life Science) - Serenex, Inc., Richard Kent
- Growth Company of the Year (Technology) - iContact Corp., Ryan Allis and Aaron Houghton
- Technology of the Year - Digitalsmiths, Ben Weinberger
- Spin-Out of the Year - BEECo, Inc., John Goherke
- Social Entrepreneurship Award - The Caring Community Foundation, Jill Wolford
- FastTrac Tech Company of the Year - Oncoscope, Inc., William Brown and Adam Wax
- Charles Hamner Leadership Award - Monica Doss (previously awarded at CED's Biotech 2008 conference on May 19, 2008)
- Chairman's Service - Jason Caplain, Southern Capitol Ventures and Kent Christison, Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP
For more details on the event, awards or winners, visit www.cednc.org/awards. Profiles and pictures of award winners are available on the website or by request.