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title: 'A Portland startup just won the People''s Choice Award at the 1776 Challenge Cup Global finals'
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# A Portland startup just won the People's Choice Award at the 1776 Challenge Cup Global finals

Nothing like ending the week on a good note. Portland startup [NoAppFee](https://www.noappfee.com/ "NoAppFee"), an alum of the [Startup PDX Challenge](http://www.pdc.us/startuppdxchallenge.aspx "Startup PDX Challenge") incubator, and winner of the [1776 Challenge Cup Local: Portland](http://siliconflorist.com/2015/12/08/life-liberty-pursuit-startups-founders-pitch-win-1776-challenge-cup-local-portland-invited/ "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of startups: Founders pitch to win 1776 Challenge Cup Local: Portland… and you’re invited") and [1776 Challenge Cup Regional: San Francisco](http://siliconflorist.com/2016/02/05/portlands-noappfeecom-wins-1776-challenge-cup-regional-san-francisco/ "Portland’s NoAppFee.com wins the 1776 Challenge Cup Regional in San Francisco") competitions has just walked off stage as the winner of the People’s Choice for the 1776 Challenge Cup Global event.

> And for the People's Choice winner…. [@NoAppFeeRenting](https://twitter.com/NoAppFeeRenting)! And the crowd goes WILD [\#1776Challenge](https://twitter.com/hashtag/1776Challenge?src=hash)
> 
> — 1776 (@1776) [June 11, 2016](https://twitter.com/1776/status/741436827769438208)

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The prize comes with a $10,000 prize in addition to the $10,000 NoAppFee garnered as a semifinalist.

“What this week showed is that visionary founders can now build amazing startups that tackle hard, important problems — from anywhere in the world,” [said Donna Harris, Cofounder & Co-CEO of 1776](http://www.1776.vc/press/1776-names-murgency-2016-global-challenge-cup-champion/ "1776 Names MUrgency 2016 Global Challenge Cup Champion"). “Our eight global finalists came here from Bangalore, Belo Horizonte, Boulder, Dubai, Islamabad, Portland, Singapore and Tel Aviv.”

For more information, visit [1776 Challenge Cup](http://www.1776.vc/challenge-cup/ "1776 Challenge Cup").

*\[Full disclosure: I was the lead organizer for the 1776 Challenge Cup in Portland. NoAppFee is an alum of Startup PDX Challenge. I consult with the Startup Challenge through PIE.\]*