The winners have been announced for this year’s Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year program in Austin. This is a great annual program that recognizes Austin entrepreneurs, and this is the first year at its new location, the Hilton. Previous winners have included such notable people at Michael Dell, John Mackie, and Bill Morrow, and local winners move on to regional and national levels. This year’s winners were:
- Brett Hurt, Bazaarvoice
- Doug Harrison, The Scooter Store
- Craig Malloy, LifeSize Communications
Being in New Braunfels, we’re not too familiar with The Scooter Store, but LifeSize has been incredibly successful, and Brett Hurt is a fantastic entrepreneur. The social entrepreneur award was given to Melvin White of the Digital Workforce Academy. Without taking anything away from Melvin and his achievements, we were pulling for Alan from Mobile Loaves and Fishes to finally take home this award and the $100,000 grant from the Silverton Foundation.
Congratulations to all the finalists and winners!
This guy’s is absolutely full of himself. Ask about the ROI on his ventures. That tells it all.