Blamey Saunders Hears walked away with the title of Anthill’s “Coolest Company 2015” at the 10th annual Cool Company Awards on Thursday night.
The company, which specialises in helping those with hearing difficulties, was recognised for its innovative IHearU program, which allows users to tune their own devices using a laptop or mobile phone.
Founder and managing director of Blamey Saunders Hears, Doctor Elaine Saunders said that she was thankful that the company’s work to help people had been acknowledged.
Learn more about the Blamey Saunders Hears story here.
But what makes a company “cool”?
According to Anthill founder and MC extraordinaire, James Tuckerman, “cool” companies are “remarkable” companies.
In other words, they are worthy of being talked about.
“They can be amazing, innovative, one-of-a-kind,” said Tuckerman. “They can be all those things. But what sets cool companies apart is that they are, by their very nature, worthy of being ‘remarked’ about.”
The “gangsta” themed night, held at the Cluster in Melbourne’s CBD, crowned winners across 11 categories.
| COMPANY | RANK | CATEGORY |
| Blamey Saunders hears | COOLEST | SOCIAL CAPITALIST |
| Buzinga App Development | WINNER (TIE) | MOBILE BUSINESS |
| CollectMe Holdings Pty Ltd | WINNER (TIE) | MOBILE BUSINESS |
| businessDEPOT | WINNER | SAVVY SERVICE |
| CarAdvice.com.au | WINNER | NUMBER CRUSHER |
| CargoHound | WINNER | SUPER STARTUP |
| Evolving Machine Intelligence Pty Ltd | WINNER | INNOVATION |
| Junglefy Pty Ltd | WINNER | X-FACTOR |
| MCN | WINNER | BIG KAHUNA |
| Progressclaim.com Pty Ltd | WINNER | ONLINE BUSINESS |
| Red Robot Pty Ltd | WINNER | GLOBAL GROWTH |
| Wandering Cooks | WINNER | MICRO BUSINESS |
| Apostrophe Copywriters | FINALIST | SAVVY SERVICE |
| Aspen Medical | FINALIST | BIG KAHUNA |
| Atomic 212 Group | FINALIST | INNOVATION |
| Dream & Do | FINALIST | MICRO BUSINESS |
| Dsync.com | FINALIST | INNOVATION |
| Evolve Skateboards | FINALIST | MICRO BUSINESS |
| Find My Rice Pty Ltd | FINALIST | SUPER STARTUP |
| finder.com.au | FINALIST | GLOBAL GROWTH |
| Gifts4Good | FINALIST | SOCIAL CAPITALIST |
| Hargraves Urban | FINALIST | BIG KAHUNA |
| HERO Condoms (Win & Roam Pty Ltd) | FINALIST | SOCIAL CAPITALIST |
| Kimberlin Education | FINALIST | X-FACTOR |
| MessageMedia | FINALIST | NUMBER CRUSHER |
| Modibodi | FINALIST | SUPER STARTUP |
| Park My Van | FINALIST | ONLINE BUSINESS |
| SAMMS JUKE BOX | FINALIST | SAVVY SERVICE |
| She wear | FINALIST | X-FACTOR |
| SkinB5 Natural Acne Treatment | FINALIST | GLOBAL GROWTH |
| The Style Doctor | FINALIST | ONLINE BUSINESS |
| WHIZZ | FINALIST | MOBILE BUSINESS |
| WME Australia | FINALIST | NUMBER CRUSHER |
| 2ndLease | HON MENTION | SUPER STARTUP |
| Adactin Group Pty Ltd | HON MENTION | INNOVATION |
| AusMumpreneur | HON MENTION | ONLINE BUSINESS |
| Basic Bananas | HON MENTION | X-FACTOR |
| Bilue Pty Ltd | HON MENTION | INNOVATION |
| Body Beyond Baby | HON MENTION | SOCIAL CAPITALIST |
| BOG OUT | HON MENTION | INNOVATION |
| Brand Savvy Consulting | HON MENTION | SAVVY SERVICE |
| Brisbane Town Planning | HON MENTION | SAVVY SERVICE |
| Cat Napping Suburban Retreat | HON MENTION | MICRO BUSINESS |
| CharterNet Advisers | HON MENTION | SAVVY SERVICE |
| [email protected] | HON MENTION | ONLINE BUSINESS |
| Conveyance Genius | HON MENTION | SUPER STARTUP |
| CoSydney | HON MENTION | X-FACTOR |
| Creative Plus Business | HON MENTION | X-FACTOR |
| CS Town Planning Services | HON MENTION | MICRO BUSINESS |
| Employment Innovations | HON MENTION | INNOVATION |
| FIRESOFT Consulting | HON MENTION | X-FACTOR |
| Fonebox | HON MENTION | INNOVATION |
| Hero Head Quarters Pty Ltd | HON MENTION | X-FACTOR |
| Hippogo | HON MENTION | SUPER STARTUP |
| King Kong | HON MENTION | SUPER STARTUP |
| KX Pilates | HON MENTION | X-FACTOR |
| Laservision | HON MENTION | X-FACTOR |
| Little Black Book Marketing | HON MENTION | SAVVY SERVICE |
| MEN’S BIZ PTY LTD | HON MENTION | ONLINE BUSINESS |
| MyMoney | HON MENTION | MICRO BUSINESS |
| NAKED Print | HON MENTION | MICRO BUSINESS |
| Once | HON MENTION | SUPER STARTUP |
| OneShift | HON MENTION | INNOVATION |
| Our Little Foxes | HON MENTION | SUPER STARTUP |
| PATHWAYS Group Pty Ltd | HON MENTION | GLOBAL GROWTH |
| qubeSocial | HON MENTION | SAVVY SERVICE |
| Rad Bookkeeping & Business Solutions | HON MENTION | SAVVY SERVICE |
| Rhuby Innovations Pty Ltd | HON MENTION | SUPER STARTUP |
| SignManager | HON MENTION | INNOVATION |
| Silvertail Property Group | HON MENTION | SUPER STARTUP |
| SponsoredLinX | HON MENTION | BIG KAHUNA |
| Studio Republic | HON MENTION | SAVVY SERVICE |
| Taggd | HON MENTION | INNOVATION |
| Tailor Projects | HON MENTION | MICRO BUSINESS |
| That Startup Show | HON MENTION | X-FACTOR |
| The Creative Fringe | HON MENTION | X-FACTOR |
| The Paperwork Group Pty Ltd | HON MENTION | INNOVATION |
| Wink Models | HON MENTION | SAVVY SERVICE |
| Wooden Wonderland | HON MENTION | MICRO BUSINESS |
| Your Social Voice | HON MENTION | SUPER STARTUP |
| ZACK Group Pty Ltd | HON MENTION | GLOBAL GROWTH |
| Zwift International | HON MENTION | ONLINE BUSINESS |
Check out these “cool” photos from the night!
