OEN NewsOEN Awards 2021 Finalists

The 2021 OEN Entrepreneurship Awards will be held the evening November 18th via an immersive experience on the Brandlive platform. Oregon founder and author Ciara Pressler will emcee. The online audience will vote LIVE during the awards to select the winner of the 30th Anniversary Award.

Virtual Tables and Official Watch Parties can be purchased by contacting Alex Gamboa Grand (alex@oen.org). Individual tickets, which include a swag box of fun party favors and product samples, can be purchased here.

Early Stage:

• Young Mountain Tea | Raj Vable, Founder
• Gabbi, Inc. | Kaitlin Christine Founder & CEO
• Easeenet.com | Erin McCune, Founder & CEO

Development Stage:

• The Renewal Workshop | Jeff Denby & Nicole Bassett, Co-Founders
• Skypoint Cloud | Tisson Mathew, Founder & CEO
• The Wild | Gabe Paez, Founder & CEO

Growth Stage:

• Absci | Sean McClain, Founder & CEO
• RFPIO Inc. | Ganesh Shankar, CEO & Co-Founder, AJ Sunder & Sankar Lagudo, Co-Founders
• Slumberkins | Kelly Oriard & Callie Christensen | Co-Founders & Co-CEOs

Futureproof:

• A Kids Company About | Jelani Memory, Founder & CEO
• The Renewal Workshop | Jeff Denby & Nicole Bassett, Co-Founders
• Brandlive | Sam Kolbert-Hyle, President & CEO

Entrepreneurial Achievement: 

• Jelani Memory | Founder | A Kids Company About
• Raj Vable | Founder | Young Mountain Tea
• Allie Magyar | Founder & CEO | Hubb, Inc

OEN 30th Anniversary Award:

• Absci | Sean McClain – Founder & CEO. Absci won the OEN Gamechanger Award in 2015 and the Launch/Startup Stage Award in 2017.
• Salt & Straw | Kim Malek – Co-Founder & CEO, Tyler Malek – Co-Founder and Head of Innovation. Salt & Straw won the OEN Development Stage Award in 2014.
• Vacasa | Eric Breon – Founder. Eric Breon was awarded the Entrepreneurial Achievement Award in 2015 and Vacasa won the OEN Growth Stage Award in 2018.
• Wildfang | Emma McIlroy – Founder & CEO. Wildfang won the OEN Development Stage Award in 2013, and Emma McIlroy was awarded the OEN Entrepreneurial Achievement Award in 2018.
• Zapproved | Monica Enand – Founder & CEO. Monica Enand was awarded the OEN Entrepreneurial Achievement Award in 2016.
• ZoomInfo | Henry Schuck – Co-Founder & CEO. ZoomInfo, then known as DiscoverOrg, won the OEN Growth Stage Award in 2015.