Wine 2.0 Competition Totals

Well, the voting for the Wine 2.0 Competition over at Vator.tv is closed and they're slated to announce the "winner" next week selected from the top 3 finalists in a number of metrics.

I have to admit, the contest itself got me pretty competitive, and it was amazing to watch Crushpad's last 48 hour run on the votes. They managed to go from 5 votes, to over 200 in those last two days. Congratulations Crushpad:)

Then again, if Vino Veritas was already a $15m/year company with very happy customers, you bet we'd be reaching out to our fan base for support too. But out of the other four early-stage companies in the competition, we're very happy to have come out where we did (thanks to Yokum Taku, for the heads up to this competition back in August!)

Below is a breakdown of the final top 5 metrics:

We're also really pleased to have placed as the highest rated pitch of the competition and moreover to have had such positive response on the comments and questions we've received from participating in the competition. Everyone's input has contributed greatly to helping us further understand our market, and how to better communicate our own goals and visions for the company.

To the Vator.tv folks, thank you for creating this site for entrepreneurs to try things like this, more than just a platform for competitions, it's been a great way to raise visibility and do early market testing for our startup.

To everyone who voted, rated, commented & referred, a huge THANK YOU for your support and encouragement - it's much appreciated.

Whatever shakes out from the "top three" selection by Chris Moore, we're happy to have had the opportunity to participate in the competition!

(Oh, and just so we can keep up the competitive spirit, we went ahead and placed our pitch in the AO100 competition at Vator too! Why not?).