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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
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MEDIA
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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
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THESE ARE THE TYPES OF COMPANIES WE’D EXPECT TO SEE IN SILICON VALLEY. ANDREW KAU, FINALS JUDGE
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Ken Lerer Bijan Sabet Randall Lane
Kim Pegula David Hohn Esther Dyson
2014
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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
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Lauren Maillian Gary Vaynerchuk Andrew KauMichael Lazerow
Sandy Miller Daniel Lewis 2015 Lacarya Scott
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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
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bill MaggioCHAIR
Jordy LevyCHAIR EMERITUS
Allen “Pete” Grum
Christina Orsi Dr. Norma Jean Nowak
Tyra Johnson
Eric ReichVICE CHAIR
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APPLICATION NUMBERS
2O,OOO+REGISTRANTS
6,OOO+QUALIFIED SUBMISSIONS
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2016 PRIZE STRUCTURE
$400 K IN FOLLOW-ON FUNDING