Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2009 40 Under 40 — Lain Made the Cut!
For some reason, people really like Lain. Last night the Atlanta Business Chronicle even gave him an award, just for being younger than 40. I think. I wasn’t really paying attention.
Really, Lain won one of the coveted 40 Under 40 Up and Comers awards. There were over 400 submissions. I think it’s fairly obvious how many folks made the cut. The winners weren’t ranked, though Lain did win the award for “Only Person to Submit a Head Shot in Which They Are Wearing a T-Shirt.” Highly coveted.
This is especially noteworthy because Lain, former English major, got a C- in Economics. Hopefully that factoid made the print edition, which is on newsstands today. Sidenote: Lain was also probably the only winner when, speaking about buying the paper, remarked, “It’s really expensive — like, $2.00 a copy.”
Now, while it’s certainly special that Lain was inducted into a select group of Atlanta business types “to watch,” the real achievement of the evening was the gift bag. For real, check out the main prize:
IT’S A PADDED CALCULATOR! No more bruising your fingers on the tough plastic of lesser models, no sir! That’s what I look like full of love, for the record.
But lo, that’s not all. Let’s take a look inside, shall we?
Post-its! In colors! And in the shape of arrows! I am going to point to more stuff in the next month than anyone ever thought possible, so help me JCH. Yay to Lain and yay to gift bags!
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Amelia Trace Lerner
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Lain Shakespeare
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12 Comments to Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2009 40 Under 40 — Lain Made the Cut!
Keeping it classy as always! Way to go folks.
Does that calculator say BOOBIES?
It appears you are correct, PatrickB.
Also, it’s important to point out that (a) the author of this post was originally, erroneously listed as “Lain” and (b) Amelia, the true author of this post, deserves most of the credit for what the Business Chronicle said about me. We wouldn’t be here without her. Or Jeri. Or Nannie. Or our board. Or our donors. Or — of course — the good people that read our blog! (Seriously. It’s not humility, it’s the truth.)
It appears to me that the calculator is mirror image and actually says SEIBOOB.
Wonderfully impressive, Team Wren’s Nest! I’m so happy you received (are receiving?) the recogition you deserve.
Muhaha, meanwhile Geoff’s commitee made the ’11 Least Influential 2009′. Poor guy!
http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/11_least_influential_2009/Content?oid=1177351
Congrats Team Wrens Nest, keep up the good work. In related news, I once spent an entire senior year of high school coming up with different words that can be written with a calculator. You would be amazed how many words you can write using only, O, I, E, h, S, g, L, and B.
Kirk, I began with “globes,” but thought that might be too subtle.
Thanks for the well wishes, everyone! Lain’s trying to be all modest, but I won’t have any of it.
Congrats, Lain and the entire Wren’s Nest team! What an awesome achievement! You guys should all gloat lots – it’s good for the skin.
Lain you deserve it now maybe Leadership Atlanta is ready for you.
Lain,
This is awesome. Congrats on your success. Please let me know when the Wren’s Nest will have their IPO!
- Jon
Congrats Lain!!! We are proud of you.