Announcing Finalists for the 1999 Ernst & Young Pacific Northwest Entrepreneur of the Year Awards; Winners To Be Selected At Local Awards Banquet On June 24.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1999-- Jane Blodgett, an Entrepreneurial Services Partner at Ernst & Young, today announced the 22 finalists in the 1999 Ernst & Young Pacific Northwest Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) awards. Award recipients will be announced on June 24, at the Washington State Trade & Convention Center. The finalists are: EMERGING ENTREPRENEUR -- Naveen Jain BIO Naveen Jain is a founder and CEO at Intelius, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. Intelius was started in Janurary 2003 with a mission to empower consumers with online information for personal protection and intelligent decisions. -- InfoSpace.com, Inc. -- Mike Fridgen & Ryan Smith For the hockey player see Ryan Smyth. Ryan Smith may refer to:
LLC - Logical Link Control -- Tim Paterson-Brown & Willy Paterson-Brown -- Purely Cotton HEALTHCARE ENTREPRENEUR -- Dr. Steven Gillis -- Corixa Corporation -- Charles & Karen Lytle -- Leisure Care, Inc. -- Warren L. Johnson -- STAT Medical Services, Inc. SERVICE ENTREPRENEUR -- Jens Molbak -- Coinstar, Inc. -- John T. Boden -- Market Contractors, Ltd. -- Robert McCausland -- Home Mortgage USA SOFTWARE ENTREPRENEUR -- Tracy Maxwell -- Advanced Research Systems, Inc. -- Evan Kaplan -- Aventail Corporation -- Steve Singh, Concur Technologies, Inc. INTERNET PRODUCTS ENTREPRENEUR -- Derek Doke -- AccountingNet -- Jeffrey S. Hussey -- F-5 Networks, Inc. -- Russell C. Horowitz -- Go2Net RETAIL/DISTRIBUTION ENTREPRENEUR -- Craig Cole -- Brown & Cole Stores -- Michael J. "Jim" Rose -- Cost-U-Less Inc. -- Terry Drayton -- HomeGrocer.com, Inc. INTERNET SERVICES ENTREPRENEUR -- Nick Hanauer -- Avenue A Media -- Daniel M. Fine -- Fine.com -- John W.P. Holt & Geoffrey Barker -- The Cobalt Group Inc. SUPPORTER OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENTREPRENEUR -- Gary S. Hansen -- Program in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, University of Washington Winners selected from these finalists will be eligible for twelve national Entrepreneur Of The Year category awards, as well as the National Entrepreneur Of The Year. All National Entrepreneur Of The Year finalists and award winners will be announced at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year International Conference in Palm Springs, Calif. on November 13, 1999. Pacific Northwest finalists were selected by an independent panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
Corporation -- Mr. O. Shannon Hauser, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Washington -- Ms. Diane Irvine, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Plum Creek Timber -- Mr. Chad Waite, General Partner, Olympic Venture Partners -- Ms. Evelyn Sroufe, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations, Visio Corporation Visio Corporation was a software company based in Seattle, Washington. Its principal product was a diagramming application software of the same name. It was acquired by Microsoft and is now in a division of that company, which continues to develop the application under the name -- Mr. Alan Frazier, Managing Director, Frazier & Co. Now in its 9th year, Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) is the pre-eminent award for business leadership in America. Past Pacific Northwest Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) award winners have included Howard Schultz  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. of Starbucks Coffee, Jeff Bezos Jeffrey Preston Bezos (born January 12, 1964 , Albuquerque ) is the founder, president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of Amazon.com. Bezos, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Princeton University, worked as a financial analyst for D. E. Shaw & Co. of amazon.com, George F. Russell, Jr. of the Frank Russell Frank Russell may refer to the following people:
Reservations to the awards banquet on June 24, may be placed by Kathleen Minetti of Ernst & Young at 206/748-7753 by June 15. The banquet ticket price is $125 per person. Information can also be found on the Ernst & Young web site at www.ey.com/eoy. Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol and nationally co-sponsored by USA Today, CNNfn and CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , the Nasdaq-Amex Market Group, and the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the awards will be sponsored locally by Business Wire, The Citibank Private Bank, J&H Marsh & McLennan, NorthWest Cable News NorthWest Cable News is a regional 24-hour television news network based in Seattle, Washington. It is similar to New England Cable News, which operates out of the Boston area and covers the New England states. The service is owned by Belo Corp. , Perkins Coie LLP, Puget Sound Business Journal, Sprint, and U.S. Bank in the search for the nation's best entrepreneurs. Recipients of the Entrepreneur Of The Year award become lifetime members of the Entrepreneur Of The Year Hall of Fame. -- Note to Editors: Media are invited to attend the awards banquet, and may take advantage of interview and photo opportunities. Please call David Bowerman at 206.748.6402 as soon as possible so that a free reservation will be held for a representative from your organization. Press credentials must be presented. Additional program information can be found through website links at http://www.businesswire.com/emk/ey.shtml. Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) is a registered service mark of Ernst & Young LLP. Ernst & Young LLP (www.ey.com) provides assurance and advisory business services, tax services and consulting for domestic and global clients. The firm has 30,000 people in 87 U.S. cities. Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Services is dedicated solely to meeting the business needs of owner-managed businesses worldwide. Recipients of the Entrepreneur Of The Year award become lifetime members of the Entrepreneur Of The Year Hall of Fame. Pacific Northwest local program sponsors include Business Wire, The Citibank Private Bank, J&H Marsh & McLennan, NorthWest Cable News, Perkins Coie LLP, Puget Sound Business Journal, Sprint, and U.S. Bank. Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) national sponsors include: The Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership has become a trusted resource for accelerating entrepreneurship in America, promoting opportunities for entrepreneurs, educators and youth nationwide. 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