On Thursday, CNN Money came out with a feature on the Top 10 Next Generation Entrepreneurs to watch. Included in the list of 10 was a Restauranteur, a Vending Machine Mogul, and Yours truly. What an honor.

We launched the brand in 2005, and have been working since then to build Crooked Monkey into what it is today--awesome t-shirts for awesome people.  When we started, we focused on the humor market.  Then we added the graphic market to our catalog.  Now we are the destination for awesome tees. The nomination is a thumbs up/recognition to everything we're doing here at Crooked Monkey--and all the loyal fans and supporters across the globe.

The piece itself is pretty funny and cheeky, check it out.

So what's next for Crooked Monkey? How are we going to continue to provide awesome t-shirts and build the brand?  Well most importantly we're relaunching/revamping our site.  Its an exciting and long process--right now we're going through the cosmetic changes. It's all about finding that unique Crooked Monkey voice and funneling that into the design.

We're super stoked to be on CNN Money's top 10 list, and we won't let them down.  Cheers to the next six years of Livin the Dream.

The Washington Business Journal's 40 Under 40, which "recognizes the Washington region's brightest young business leaders based on demonstrated business success over the past 12 to 18 months," was just announced.  I'm honored to be one of this year's honorees.

As part of the program, they had us fill out a questionnaire, take part in a video conversation, and pose for pictures.  You can check out my responses and more info on the award here: Micha Weinblatt's 40 Under 40 Award.

As you can tell, i'm wearing our Tans and hot tubs T-shirt, but what you can't see is the shirt i'm swinging over my shoulder.  That shirt is an original favorite of mine, our Rachel's Bat Mitzvah t-shirt.

Anyways, thanks for the support and for making Crooked Monkey what it is.

Crooked Monkey was established in 2005. In May, it will celebrate its 4 year anniversary. We've accomplished a lot in our short history--featured in magazines, picked up by department stores and trendy boutiques, and put a smile on over 120,000 happy customers. And now, finally, we can add, "receiving an oversized check (a la Happy Gilmore) to our list of accolades."

Starting in 2006, Kevin Plank (the founder and CEO of Under Armour) has hosted an annual business competition for the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland, called the Cupid's Cup. In its first year, Crooked Monkey was nominated for the award and finished as a runner up in the competition. This year, Crooked Monkey could not compete for the award because our annual sales volume exceeded the upper limit.

Luckily BB&T; launched the BB&T; invitational--which features companies connected with the University of Maryland. It allows us to showcase our businesses, and invites students, alumn and other entrepreneurs to get a taste for each company. The attendees then vote for their favorite company and the winner is announced at the Cupid's Cup, in front of the entire Under Armour Executive team. There was stiff competition from a list of other strong, thriving entrepreneurs. But in the end our Funny t-shirts were a fan favorite and we took home the prize money and an oversized check!

Than you to: Kevin Plank, Asher Espstein (from the Dingman Center) and BB&T;.