2009 Silicon Alley Awards

I can imagine Mike Lazerow (CEO) in a Doctor Evil get-up, giggling as he repeats '1 Billion Dollars.' Of course, as an employee of Buddy Media since soon after its inception, I can only keep my fingers crossed. But what I can say for sure, is that I have never had so much faith and trust in the leadership of an organization. The company has got more than a billion dollars worth of social media expertise and experience. What's more, with a business plan scaled for success and a company-wide 'deal-maker' philosophy, Buddy Media is destined for multi-billion dollar greatness. I haven't picked out my Ferrari yet, but I've got a color in mind - Buddy Blue.

CPX Interactive delivers more than 30 billion impressions to more than 200 million unique users in more than 60 countries every month, and has recently been named #71 on Inc. Magazine's list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America, as well as #6 on their list of privately held advertising and marketing companies.

Great information for the LGBT community! We need more like them!

Robert Scoble & FastCompany - "Leapfish goes way beyond Google's search by bringing you tons of results from all sorts of different places on the Internet as you type -- including from Google. This is the search UI that Google would do, if it were starting today. Here CEO Ben Behrouzi talks to me about his company, his background, and shows me where Leapfish is going."

The online event management category was ripe for change and Pingg has done a great job with its smart designs and feature set.

Two years old and already on track to do a couple hundred million in revenue. Put a 2X-3X multiple on that, and it doesn't take long to get there.

Social networking portal Meetup helps groups of people with shared interests plan meetings and form clubs in local communities around the world.