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title: 'Put a little bit of Portland on stage in Seattle: Chirpify, Elemental, Urban Airship vie for GeekWire Awards'
date: '2013-04-30T16:06:41-07:00'
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# Put a little bit of Portland on stage in Seattle: Chirpify, Elemental, Urban Airship vie for GeekWire Awards

It’s no secret that I have a bit of a good natured rivalry with our friends at [GeekWire](http://www.geekwire.com "GeekWire"). Emerald City vs Rose City, Sounders vs Timbers… you get the drift. And I can’t think of any better way to stir things up than to [put a few Portland companies on stage during their GeekWire Awards ceremony](http://www.geekwire.com/2013/geekwire-awards-keynoter-revealed-chance-vote/ "GeekWire Awards: Keynote revealed, last chance to vote"), next week.

And here’s where you come in on these hijinx: You can help. [Voting is open for the finalists](http://www.geekwire.com/2013/geekwire-awards-keynoter-revealed-chance-vote/ "GeekWire Awards: Keynote revealed, last chance to vote"). And if you put a few votes behind Portland types, there’s a very real chance that they’ll wind up on stage accepting the honors.

Here are your opportunities:

- [Chirpify](http://chirpify.com "Chirpify") is up for [Innovation of the Year](http://www.geekwire.com/2013/innovation-year/ "GeekWire Awards Innovation of the Year 2013")
- [Elemental Technologies](http://elementaltechnologies.com "Elemental Technologies")‘ Sam Blackman is up for [Startup CEO of the Year](http://www.geekwire.com/2013/geekwire-awards-vote-startup-ceo-year/ "GeekWire Awards Startup CEO of the Year 2013")
- [Urban Airship](http://urbanairship.com "Urban Airship") is up for [Next Tech Titan](http://www.geekwire.com/2013/geekwire-awards-vote-next-tech-titan/ "GeekWire Awards Next Tech Titan 2013")

Interested in doing more than voting? Well, [you can attend as well](http://www.geekwire.com/events/gwawards/). And we just heard that one of our favorite Seattle investors, [Chris DeVore](http://twitter.com/crashdev "Chris DeVore")—who has invested in a few Portland companies—will be keynoting the event.

So get on that. Or both of those things. Or whatever.

Voting ends tonight.

For more information, visit the [GeekWire Awards](http://www.geekwire.com/events/gwawards/ "GeekWire Awards").