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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
