Ben Gilbert who graduated from OSU has been nominated by GeekWire as Young Entrepreneur of the Year.  He needs our votes to win – please vote for Ben here – http://www.geekwire.com/2016/sonic-youth-vote-young-entrepreneur-year-geekwire-awards/

Ben Gilbert, co-founder of Pioneer Square Labs, age 26: Smart and savvy,Gilbert is one of the founding partners of Pioneer Square Labs, the new “startup studio” launched last year along with tech and venture capital veterans Mike Galgon, Greg Gottesman and Geoff Entress. That’s pretty impressive company, but Gilbert holds his own and brings some key startup chops to the organization, whichraised $12.5 million from a who’s who of investors last year. You can hear more from Gilbert — who holds a degree in computer science and entrepreneurship from The Ohio State University and previously worked at Microsoft, Startup Weekend and co-founded Madrona-backed Spare5— in this GeekWire podcast.