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Nominees were announced today for the second annual Seattle 2.0 Awards, a startup awards ceremony which will take place at the Bell Harbor conference center on May 19. Jonathan Sposato, the former CEO of Picnik, a Seattle online photo editing startup which sold to Google earlier this year, will serve as the keynote speaker for the event.
Community voting begins today in the 11 categories, and we've got a full list of the nominees below. (Full disclosure: I served as a judge for the awards again this year, but was prevented from voting in the "Best Event for Startups" category since TechFlash received a nomination). Here are the nominees:
Best Startup: Apptio, Blue Kai, BuddyTV, Cheezburger Network and Redfin.
Best Boot-strapped Startup: BigOven, Biznik, Bonanzle, HasOffers and Survey Analytics.
Best Nonprofit Startup: Jolkona, One Bus Away, Startup Weekend, TisBest and Vittana.
Best Startup CEO: Rich Barton (Zillow), Sunny Gupta (Apptio), Glenn Kelman (Redfin), Andy Liu (BuddyTV) and Dave Schappell (TeachStreet)
Best Startup Technologist: Damon Cortesi (Untitled Startup), Joe Heitzeberg (WhitePages), Darrin Massena (Picnik/Google), Daryn Nakhuda (TeachStreet) and Scott Porad (Cheezburger Network).
Best Startup Designer: Alex Berg (ex-Wetpaint), Greg Bowers (TeachStreet), Aviel Ginzburg (Untitled Startup), Jenny Lam (Jackson Fish Market) and Matt Lerner (Front Seat)
Best Venture Capitalist: Geoff Entress (Voyager Capital), Michelle Goldberg (Ignition Partners), Greg Gottesman (Madrona Venture Group), Nick Hanauer (Second Avenue Partners) and Andy Sack (Founder’s Co-Op)
Best Angel Investor: Bill Bryant, Clark Kokich, Andy Liu, Dan Rosen and Kelly Smith
Best Service Provider to Startups: Pearl Chan (CFO Selections), Geir Hansen (Silicon Valley Bank), Eric Koester (Cooley Godward Kronish), Craig Sherman (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati) and Joe Wallin (Davis Wright Tremaine).
Best Entrepreneur Blog: Inspired Startup by Andy Liu, Quick Sprout by Neil Patel, Redfin Blog by Glenn Kelman, Startup Front End by Tony Wright and Untitled Startup Blog by Damon Cortesi & Aviel Ginzburg.
Best Event for Startups: Hops & Chops by Dave Schappell & Daryn Nakhuda, STS Meetings by Chuck Groom & Gaurav Oberoi, TechFlash Live by John Cook, Todd Bishop & Eric Engleman, Ignite Seattle by Brady Forrest et al., and Seattle Open Coffee by Andy Sack.
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