The award process was pretty interesting. We were notified on a Monday afternoon that we had to be downtown on Wednesday at 4:30pm to present to the judges. I was the presenter for Awareness, and it was fun to see many other notable companies at the competition (I even knew a few judges in another category unrelated to what we do). The rules were very clear: You had a handful of minutes to present/demo, and about the same time for the judges to grill you with questions. And grill they did -- they were very thorough, covering everything from technology to business model to target audience, etc. They also did a great job of not letting on about how they felt --when I left I couldn't tell if I'd done well or not. It was all pretty enjoyable.
Anyway, we're thrilled we were selected as a finalist, and now we have to wait to see who actually wins.
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