We unveiled the winners of the Innovation Awards! This ceremony is one of the largest in the region recognizing the innovations powering the future of marketing, and revolutionizing the way we work and play. Winners were announced at the ceremony in 13 general categories, “Best of Show for Innovative Business,” the PwC Promise Award, and People’s Choice Awards for Class President & Vice President for the model class of 2011, at a sold out ceremony held on June 12th at the Westin Copley Place. The program, held at the Westin Copley Place, was attended by more than 400 industry professionals.
“The organizations we’re honoring this year are among the best and brightest powering Boston’s innovation economy,” said Debi Kleiman, president of MITX. “They put Massachusetts on the map in a way that our whole community can be proud of, and MITX is thrilled to bring together such an inspiring group.”
The 2012 MITX Innovation Awards Winners Circle:
| Best Bootstrapped Start-up | Temperature@lert |
| Best Business Operations Simplifier | aPriori Inc. |
| Best Commerce Transformer/Game Changer | Catalina Marketing |
| Best Consumer Tech that Makes Life Easier | True Fit |
| Best Contribution to Innovation by a University/College | Northeastern Entrepreneurs Club & IDEA |
| Best Customer Engagement Driver | WordStream, Inc. |
| Best “Doing Good” Innovation | Temperature@lert |
| Best Mobile App | Springpad |
| Best Mobile Solution | SCVNGR, Inc |
| Best Use of Game Mechanics | Practically Green |
| Best User Experience | Brass Monkey |
| Best Wellness Innovation | Ginger.io |
| Most Insightful: Analytics/ Business Intelligence | True Fit |
| Best of Show | SavingStar |
| PwC Promise Award | Crashlytics |
| PwC Promise Award | Evertrue |
| Investor of the Year | CommonAngels |
| People’s Choice – Class of 2011 President | CardStar |
| People’s Choice – Class of 2011 Vice President | Modiv Media, now Catalina Marketing |
Innovation Hall of Fame Inductee: Bill Warner
The 2012 MITX Innovation Awards couldn’t happen without the help of these amazing sponsors. Platinum Sponsors: PwC, TripAdvisor. Event Sponsors: The Atom Group, Cassidy Turley FHO, DLA Piper, Vitamin T. Media Sponsor: BostInno. Creative Partners: massAV, Metropolis Creative.
