Metropreneur nominated for 2011 Innovation Award

Announcements — By Melanie McIntyre on December 10, 2011 at 8:00 am

We at The Metropreneur learned Friday that the website is a TechColumbus Innovation Award semi-finalist.

The Innovation Awards honor individuals and teams for outstanding achievements in business leadership and innovation in numerous industries, including energy, financial services, retail, insurance, and health care.

The Metropreneur is up for the Outstanding Startup Business award. Five companies we’ve featured here are also vying for the same honor: Acceptd; hungerly; Libre; Q Start Labs; and Watershed Distillery.

Other featured companies that are also semi-finalists include Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, Venture Highway (both are up for Outstanding Product− company with fewer than 250 employees), and eEvent (Outstanding Technology Team).

Best of luck to all the nominees.

Winners will be announced during the 2011 Innovation Awards on Feb. 2, 2012 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

Author Bio: Melanie McIntyre:
Melanie McIntyre is The Metropreneur’s Editorial Director. Upon earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism from The Ohio State University in 2004, she became a staff writer for a business and legal newspaper in Columbus. During her tenure there, she wrote more than 500 stories about finance and real estate and development in Central Ohio. Since leaving the paper in 2008, Melanie has worked on a freelance basis for several local entities, including Columbus Underground, where she has been a featured writer since April 2009. She also writes about fashion and style at Thoroughly Modern Melly. She lives in Columbus’s Short North and enjoys reading, running, and sarcasm.