Fast 50 Honorable Mentions - EAST

Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, virgina, and Washington DC:

CONNECTICUT

What do you call a lawyer who doesn't act like a lawyer?
Michael Stratton
New Haven - CT
Partner, Stratton Faxon

Spawned a New Sector of the Health Insurance Industry
Stephen Wiggins
Norwalk - CT
Chairman and Chief Executive Off, HealthMarket

MASSACHUSETTS

From Contractor to King: Crafting a Video Game Coup
Jeffrey Anderson
Westwood - MA
President and CEO, Turbine Entertainment Software

Half Green Isn't Green Enough
Jack Robinson
Boston - MA
President and Founder, Winslow Management Company

Boston worker co-op allies with small farmers: both win
Equal Exchange
Canton - MA
The Answer Man, Equal Exchange, Inc.

Against All Odds, CharterAuction Succeeds
Nathan McKelvey
Quincy - MA
Public Affairs Consultant, CharterAuction

MARYLAND

We Made a Bottled Tea with a Conscience and without the Junk!
Seth Goldman
Bethesda - MD
President & TeaEO, Honest Tea

Freedom Now - Freeing Human Rights Activists Around the World
Jared Genser
Bethesda - MD
President, Freedom Now

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Value and Values for our Employees, Partners and Consumers
Jeffrey Swartz
Stratham - NH
Chief Executive Officer, The Timberland Company

NEW JERSEY

Get Out and Stay Out
Tim Bennett
Cherry Hill - NJ
Director, Marketing Programs, Subaru of America, Inc.

Princeton Dropout Turns Poop into Profit
Tom Szaky
Princeton - NJ
CEO, TerraCycle, Inc.

Fighter Pilot aimed at quality achieves ten fold improvement
David Perme
Camden - NJ
Management Director, Gestalt, LLC

Math Is More Useful Than You Think.
Debasis Mitra
Murray Hill - NJ
Vice President, Mathematical Sci, Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs

NEW YORK

Sesame Street's Feathered & Furry Family Take on HIV/AIDS
Gary Knell
New York - NY
President & CEO, Sesame Workshop

Turned Being Single Into A Million Dollar Business
Ruta Fox
New York - NY
President, Divine Diamonds

Changing Starving-Artists into Money-Artists
Alan Corey
Brooklyn - NY
Instructor, AlanCorey.com

We Second-Guessed the Internet - and Re-Made TV Networks Instead
Jakob Trollback
New York - NY
President & Creative Director, Trollbäck & Company

Turning $150,000 Into $15 Million
Jordon Keltz
Staten Island - NY
CEO, ClassesUSA

We Fought the Law - and We Won!
Heidi Minx
New York - NY
President/Muse, Franky & Minx

Production Assistant to Producer Overnight
Jarred Weisfeld
New York - NY
Producer, VH1

Multiculturalism is Key
Lisa Skriloff
New York - NY
President, Multicultural Marketing Resources, Inc.

PENNSYLVANIA

The Six Slick GE Patents Refining the Market for Oil
Mark Wilson
Trevose - PA
Global Marketing Leader - Water, GE Water Technologies

Choosing a college just got a whole lot smarter.
Luke Skurman
Pittsburgh - PA
CEO and co-founder, College Prowler

VIRGINIA

At 27, Julie Lee is surprising the federal government!
Julie Lee
Fairfax - VA
President, Access Systems, Inc.

WASHINGTON DC

Access to Information Without Seeing It!
Paul Schroeder
Washington - DC
Vice President, Policy, Research, American Foundation for the Blind