To win you had to pick the 5 most popular startups out of a field of 100, and the popularity was judged by several different standards. I picked 4 out of the 5 companies to win, my top 5 were (in alphabetical order)

1. Acquia
2. Igloo
3. Mill River Labs (owns tradesvibes)
4. Sprout
5. Zoho

The winning companies are all the same except the surprising result that Acquia is out and Rearden Commerce is in. Check them out and you tell me if you wouldn’t have made the same choice I did.

Thanks to TradeVibes for running the contest and offering such a generous prize!

As part of their Theme Club’s 20,000 accounts giveaway, WPDesigner.com has decided to sponsor a contest on The Knight Knetwork!

• The rules:
  • Install the Beta version of the TipJoy TipThis plugin on your Wordpress blog (you’ll need to sign up to earn tips with TipJoy)
  • Post a link to your site along with some feedback (bugs, what you like, what you don’t like, feature requests, etc) on this thread.
  • Once I’ve verified that the plugin is running I’ll forward you the info you need to join WPDesigner’s Theme Club for free!
• The Prize:
  • Membership for 1 year in the WPDesigner Themes Club
  • At least 12 exclusive Wordpress Themes
  • Free support for all club themes
  • You’ll be getting some wonderfully designed themes, take a look at the recent club themes

There are a limited number of prizes, and they will be awarded on a first come first serve basis until the plugin is ready for general release. Comments are approved by a moderator so don’t worry if yours doesn’t show up immediately.