TiEcon 2014 Announces Finalists for its TiE50 Awards Program

May 20, 2014 - PRLog -- May 20, 2014 –Cincinnati OH– LISNR is excited to announce that it has been selected as a Finalist for the prestigious 2014 TiE50 Awards Program. Winners were announced on Saturday, May 16th at the organization’s annual entrepreneurial conference, TiEcon. Returning for the sixth year in a row, this year’s TiE50 was open to all technology companies worldwide.

“During the past year, LISNR has made tremendous strides in product development, brand trial and demonstrated consumer engagement. We believe our audio-driven mobile engagement platform brings together the right mix of innovation, vision and actionable results foster a better rand experience,” said Rodney Williams, CEO and co-founder, LISNR. “Being recognized as a finalist for the TiE50 Awards was a great honor to us. It validates our purpose and help all of our employees get even more excited about delivering even more powerful results in the upcoming months.”

“In the six short years since inception, the TiE 50 program has become a global brand that attracts thousands of companies worldwide for this recognition,” said Venktesh Shukla, president of TiE, Silicon Valley. “It is unique in terms of rigor of selection and the broad scope of companies that it reviews for this award and is one of TiE Silicon Valley’s most successful programs. It is also worth mentioning that this is the only awards recognition in technology to be held by a large global non-profit organization. ”

To determine the winner, a panel of experts screened the companies and created a list of the “2014 TiE50 Top Startups.” This list was reviewed further by a screening committee of deep domain experts. About 100 of the best of the breed companies were selected to the elite TiE50 Finalist pool. Finally, this pool of TiE50 Finalists were judged by a panel of highly accomplished team made up of serial entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, CEOs and well-rounded technology experts, to determine finalists and winners. Companies were evaluated on three parameters: Business Model, IP Value and Leadership team.

At TiEcon 2014, 20 of the top startups from each of the five segments were chosen to pitch their ideas, and winners will be announced on stage that evening.

This year at the event, attendees and TiE50 participants also had the chance to hear from three previous TiE50 winners who have made successful exits recently: FireEye, Pearl Therapeutics and Rubicon Project.

“This year the TiE50 Awards Program screened more than 2800 companies from 27 countries. The finalist pool is represented by early through late stage companies. A star attraction of the conference is TiE50 Finalist presentations. Audiences are treated to great ideas and amazing technologies” said Ram K. Reddy, the program chair.

The TiE50 track record since its inception in May 2009 shows that 94% of the winners and finalists have been funded, attracting Billions in investments. Many of these companies have been acquired, merged or gone public.

   For further details on the TiE50, visit www.tie50