Brandlive CEO Sam Kolbert-Hyle helped kick off the Angel Oregon Tech (AOT) startup competition finale at TechfestNW (TFNW), the Pacific Northwest’s largest annual tech conference.
This was TFNW’s second year streaming virtually, with a celebrated line-up of both national and local tech leaders sharing their knowledge. The conference focused on innovation and community, and the year’s theme was “Emerge.” From the TFNW site:
“As we rebuild from the pandemic, we're focusing this year's event around redefining our purpose as entrepreneurs, creating a more inclusive tech economy and discovering new solutions, ideas and inspiration.”
The Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) hosted AOT, with the OEN finale pitch event and winner announcement happening at TFNW. Nine startups competed for a $125,000 from PNW investors.
Previous AOT winners were also invited to kick off the AOT finale. With Brandlive’s 2013 win, Kolbert-Hyle appeared at 1:10 pm, after which the competition finalists made their pitches. Kolbert-Hyle shared a bit about his experience with Brandlive over the past year, what he and the Brandlive team learned, and how Brandlive grew as a team.
In addition, for companies led by BIPOC entrepreneurs, TFNW and Black Founders Matter were honoring three startups with the newly created Include Awards. Awards were $5,000 each to launch new companies.
TFNW ran from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 21, 2021, online.
We’re proud that Sam was part of this celebrated event for tech entrepreneurs in the Pacific Northwest!
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