Two weeks ago at the Seattle 2.0 Awards, tech startup winners were announced in categories from Best Consumer Startup to Best Startup Acquisition.

BigDoor was a nominated under the category of Best B2B Startup… but didn’t win.

However that didn’t stop CTO Jeff Malek from giving his acceptance speech the next day. Jeff posted his “speech” on the official BigDoor blog for all to read. Not to be a sore looser or anything, but to convey his original intention - to say thank you.

In Jeff’s unprovoked and certainly unexpected post he thanks the people that have helped him and the company get to where it is today. How cool is that? (answer: very cool)

Being thankful shouldn’t only come with an award in hand. Jeff saw an opportunity to take pause and give thanks regardless. This goes miles toward a honest and credible company that everyone should want to be a part of.

Learn from Jeff. Go out there and give random acts of thanks.