Congratulations to the Big Winners of Big Checks at Demo Day 2024?? It was an amazing day full of amazing support for and from Entrepreneurs - and there is SO much to say…..But for now we want to show the winners some love ???? . Cheers to the Top 10: Sticky Spoons: Aiyende Akhigbe Reel Free: Austin Pollock Great Lakes Tinned Fish: Marissa Fellows I Live Here: Tiawanna Ezell Tegriware: Devon Hudson Spirit Fire Lights: Luciano Hernandez Thermal: Arturo Garcia Herd Social: Zach DeBruine A3sthetically Pleasing: Mishara Ellis Reyna’s Michelada Mix: Reyna Masko . People’s Choice Award: West Mi Greek Store: Tanisha Kuykendall
Big congrats to SURGE powered by Lakeshore Advantage entrepreneurs Devon Hudson of and Luciano Hernandez V!!!! Also to Abby Britt and Aaron Schradin for making it to the top 100! Nice work! ?? ?? ??
Congratulations! Everyone was so amazing! ?? I'm so grateful to have met some of you. ?? You Rock! I hope your business continues to do amazing things. ????
Way to go, Arturo Garcia!!!
Woot woot! Beyond pumped to see this Arturo Garcia!
Congrats on your W ?? Arturo Garcia
Congrats Luciano Hernandez V & Luciano Hernandez. Well deserved!
CEO | CMO | Vicarious Entrepreneur Turned Co-Founder at Taylor Street Collective | Go-to-Market Mentor | Amateur Actor/Model/Talk Show Host
2 个月As a West Coast transplant, this week solidified that the Midwest tech/startup scene is nothing to "fly over." It also showed me how wildly different things are here, in a really good—very needed—way. There were more than a few Demo Day contestants who I was sure would be holding a big huge check on stage at the end of the night but weren't. From the world I come from, they felt like absolute no-brainers. I hope anyone who left empty-handed reads this and considers it a sign to keep working hard and refining/repeating their pitch to anyone who will listen.