Congratulations to the 2009 Tulsa Entrepreneurial Spirit Award Winners:

First Place: Real Time Rehab

Second Place: Part-Time Pros

Third Place: Cog Togs, Inc.

Skunk Whisperer Award: Eloté Cafe & Catering

A look back…

Grocio, owned by Gerald Buckley is the winner of the 2008 Mayor’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Award sponsored by SpiritBank.

Buckley developed a website, Grocio.com that compares food prices from grocery store circulars in Tulsa and offers coupons online.

Not only did Grocio take home the first place grand prize check of $30,000 from SpiritBank but also received a $30,000 match from i2e, a state non-profit that helps technology based start-ups.

www.grocio.com


Recent News

Mayor’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Award Winner Announced

TULSA, OK – Mayor Kathy Taylor and SpiritBank President, Ted Cundiff announced the winning company in the Mayor’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Award competition last night at the TCC Center 4 Creativity.
Jeremy Green with Real Time Rehab received the $30,000 check from SpiritBank and free space in the Tulsa Collaboratorium from Kanbar Properties as the grand prize [...]


Tulsa Spirit Award Finalists Announced

We would like to thank all of the participants in the 2009 Tulsa Entrepreneurial Spirit Award for pouring so much into their business models and pitches. The pitches were refined and business models honed, and the judges greatly appreciate everyone’s entrepreneurial spirit and participation. The 12 outstanding semi-finalist business models have been vetted and narrowed [...]


Judges

Jim East

Jim East is a native of Muskogee, and a journalism graduate of Oklahoma State Universiy. His first career choice as a reporter and editor ended in the early 90’s when The Tulsa Tribune closed its doors, and he started a second career in government, More »


Greg Forrest

Greg Forrest, XETA Technologies’ President and COO since July 2005 was named CEO on June 8, 2007. Before joining XETA, Forrest founded and operated several fast-growing companies in the clothing, commercial interior and telecommunications industries, More »


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TBJ Spotlight

Spirit Award Winners Named

Holly Wall 11/18/2009

Real Time Rehab, founded by Jeremy Green, was the $30,000 grand-prize winner of Mayor Kathy Taylor’s 2009 Tulsa Entrepreneurial Spirit Award.

Winners were announced Tuesday during a ceremony at Tulsa Community College’s Center for Creativity, Ninth Street and Boston Avenue.

Green was awarded the cash from SpiritBank and a one-year lease in The Collaboratorium, the entrepreneurial accelerator occupying the 10th floor of 111 W. Fifth St.

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