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2020 Blue Hen 17&43 Award Winners Announced

Written by Horn Entrepreneurship | Sep 22, 2020 1:06:57 PM

University of Delaware Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics and Horn Entrepreneurship are proud to announce the recipients of the 2020 Blue Hen 17&43 Awards, which recognize UD students and alumni who have founded or led promising new ventures and fast growing companies. Twenty-eight businesses will receive the honor this year.

Recalling when the university itself was founded in 1743, the award honors entrepreneurs who are leading the way in their ventures, yet can trace their innovations, startups, or companies back to their origins within the UD community.

Whether you’re an undergraduate with a budding startup, or if you’ve been a long-standing Blue Hen with an established company, the 17&43 Awards are meant to recognize any and all UD community members who are championing innovation and leadership as entrepreneurs.

Any venture or company that is Blue Hen-founded or Blue Hen-led is eligible – this also includes previous award winners who may wish to reapply. Applications for 2021 will open in the spring. Read more about eligibility and selection criteria here.

Blue Hen 17&43 Most Promising

Note: companies are listed in alphabetical order

6 AM Run
Hami Mahani, ‘02, Ryan Robinson, ‘07
 
Bundle
Jeanann Genzano, ‘04
 
Cultivate.How
Kate Earle, ‘94 
 
FETI Group, LLC
FETIgroup.com
Guy Haselman, ‘86
 
First Founder's Accelerator
first-founders.com
Garry Johnson, II, ’17 and ’18
 
G.O.B.L.I.N. Technologies
Stephen Hoops, ‘98, Dave LaRoche, ‘98, Dee Ridgeway, ‘98 
 
GetPotluck, LLC
Abu Kamara, ‘20, Hope Vega, ‘20
 
MN Spine and Sport
Scott Schreiber, ‘00
 
Nuvensus
Markos Zerefos, ‘22, Mason Faust, ‘22, Henry du Pont, ‘23
 
Patient Sortal
Kenny Eck, ’17 and ‘18
 
Pixelrise, LLC
Joe Vela, ‘12, Kristin Fretz, ‘14
 
Quantime
quantime.ai
Suchit Tuli, ‘12
 
Second Chances Farm
Ajit George, ‘73
 
The Wedge Beverage Company
Kyle McLaughlin, ‘13, John Collins, ‘09
 
TheGradMobile
Michael Rosman, ‘88, Hedy Rosman, ‘89
 
VeraMorph
Doug Godfrin, ‘15
 
Y2X Digital Solutions
Jesse Fastenberg, ‘16

 

Blue Hen 17&43 Fastest Growing

Note: companies are listed in alphabetical order

BillingPlatform
billingplatform.com
Dennis Wall, ‘92
 
CompuData, Inc.
compudata.com
Angela Nadeau, ‘82
 
Diamond State Financial Group
dsfg.com
Raymond Bree, ‘78, Christopher Burgos, ‘99, Joshua Shaver, ‘07, Ketul Mody, ‘06
 
Ferris Home Improvements
ferrishomeimprovements.com
Kelley Pastic Ferris, ‘05
 
GoShare
goshare.co
Shaun Savage, ‘06
 
GrillGrate, LLC
grillgrate.com
Susan Barrett, ‘79, William Barrett, ‘79
 
KMRD Partners, Inc.
kmrdpartners.com
Robert Dietzel, ‘88
 
Predictive Analytics Group
Stephen Hoops, ‘98, Ethan Jack, ‘96, Dave LaRoche, ‘98, Dee Ridgeway, ‘98
 
Princeton Hosted Solutions
princetonhs.com
Brad Bono, ‘91
 
SIA Solutions
Harry Kleiser, ‘90
 
TechSolutions, Inc.
techsolutionsinc.com
Rick Monnig, ‘91
 

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