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SHAPE PERCEPTIONS, CREATE AWARENESS

45 MILLION SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS

24 ROADSHOW STOPS

PER YEAR

900 MEDIA STORIES

1,000,000 VIDEO VIEWS

MEDIA

381 MEDIA STORIES 7% GROWTH SINCE 2014

ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT IS DRIVING BUFFALO FORWARD. HUFFINGTON POST

FROM PUNCHLINE TO POWERHOUSE. NEW YORK TIMES

BUFFALO’S TECH SCENE REBOOTS THE CITY.USA TODAY

THESE ARE THE TYPES OF COMPANIES WE’D EXPECT TO SEE IN SILICON VALLEY. ANDREW KAU, FINALS JUDGE

Ken Lerer Bijan Sabet Randall Lane

Kim Pegula David Hohn Esther Dyson

2014

2014 FINALS JUDGES Ken Lerer—Managing Director, Lerer Hippeau Ventures Bijan Sabet—General Partner, Spark Capital Randall Lane—Editor, Forbes Magazine Kim Pegula—President, CEO, Pegula Sports & Entertainment David Hohn—retired President, Roswell Park Esther Dyson—Chairman, EDventure Holdings

Lauren Maillian Gary Vaynerchuk Andrew KauMichael Lazerow

Sandy Miller Daniel Lewis 2015 Lacarya Scott

Lauren Maillian—Founding Partner, Gen Y Capital Partners

Michael Lazerow—Founder, Buddy Media

Gary Vaynerchuk—Co-Founder, CEO, VaynerMedia

Andrew Kau—Managing Director, USA Walden International

Sandy Miller—Open Innovation Accenture

Daniel Lewis—Founding Partner, Orange Capital LLC

Lacarya Scott—CFO, Empire Genomics

2015 FINALS JUDGES

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bill MaggioCHAIR

Jordy LevyCHAIR EMERITUS

Allen “Pete” Grum

Christina Orsi Dr. Norma Jean Nowak

Tyra Johnson

Eric ReichVICE CHAIR

APPLICATION NUMBERS

2O,OOO+REGISTRANTS

6,OOO+QUALIFIED SUBMISSIONS

2016 PRIZE STRUCTURE

$400 K IN FOLLOW-ON FUNDING

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716 259 284043NORTH.ORG

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