Awards May 25, 2013

Louisville-based Envysion Inc. has won a TiE50 award in the Internet/Social Networking category and was chosen as one of the 50 most enterprising startups of 2012.

Six business leaders based in Boulder and Broomfield counties are among 21 finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 Award in the Mountain Desert region which includes Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. Area finalists are: Jeff Bisberg, chief executive, Albeo Technologies Inc., Boulder; Heidi Ganahl, CEO, NBS East LLC, dba Camp Bow Wow, Broomfield; Matt Larson, founder/ CEO, Confio Corp., dba Confio Software, Boulder; Bruce Johnson, CEO/president, Global Healthcare Exchange LLC, Louisville; Jud Valeski, CEO, Gnip Inc., Boulder; and Dale Katechis, founder, Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont. Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur of the Year Program

Boulder-based Array BioPharma Inc. (Nasdaq: ARRY), which formed a strategic alliance with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, has been honored with the Breakthrough Alliance Award of 2012. The award, sponsored by Deloitte Recap, honors biotech-pharmaceutical alliances each year as the breakthrough deals of the previous year. The award is bestowed upon the alliance that receives the most votes by biotech and pharmaceutical business development and licensing executives. Array entered into an oncology agreement with Genentech in August for development of each company’s small-molecule Checkpoint kinase 1 program. Under terms of the agreement, Genentech is responsible for all clinical development and commercialization activities. Array received an upfront payment of $28 million and is eligible to receive clinical and commercial milestone payments up to $685 million and up to double-digit royalties on sales of any resulting drugs.

Two Boulder County-based marketing firms have announced that they won 2012 Gold Key awards from the Colorado chapter of the Business Marketing Association at its annual gala held May 4 at the Denver Art Museum. Boulder-based advertising agency and medical-marketing firm Griff/SMC Inc. received four Gold Keys for its work on behalf of Amedica/US Spine, a Salt Lake City-based manufacturer and marketer of proprietary implants, instrumentation and biologic products used in spine surgery. The agency received “bests” and Gold Keys in the Direct Marketing category for a three-part mailing campaign titled “Watch Technology Transform” and in the Best Creative category for its live ice sculptures and related campaign graphics. It also earned honors in the Single-Page Print Ad and Best Strategy categories for its work to introduce a new line of amniotic-based tissue products used in the surgery. Meanwhile, the Lafayette-based Creative Alliance won a Gold Key for its campaign for Henderson-based Birko Corp, recrafting its image from a chemical supplier for the beef industry into a safety leader in the food-processing industry. The 2012 Gold Key competition involved 160 entries from Colorado’s top business-to-business firms and agencies.

Boulder-based architecture and design firm bldg.collective has been awarded Best of Remodeling 2012 by the 1.2 million members of Houzz, an online platform for home remodeling.

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