Congratulations to all the 9Mile Labs Cohort I companies who are presenting at the Milestone 9 Demo Day at the Bell Harbor Conference Center. Each of you has come a long way in six short months.

Congratulations and thank you to the five partners (Tom Casey, Kevin Croy, Enrique Godreau III, Sanjay Puri, and Sandy Sharma) for conceiving of a B2B accelerator. Your commitment and dedication to the greater Seattle startup ecosystem is appreciated every day.

Thanks to each of the Cohort I companies for allowing me the privilege of videoing everything in sight for my longitudinal research study on the factors that influence the success of new ventures. You’ve taught me a lot.

Thanks to each of the many mentors who gave so generously of their time to help the nine companies.

I look forward to following the success of each of the nine 9Mile Labs Cohort I companies as they launch into the future.

• AiroMetric Wireless
• AMP Tablet Solutions
• Appuri
• CadenceMD
• Comr.se
• GivingTrax
• MeritShare
• Ombitron
• SpinRiot

A special thanks goes to Seaton Gras and the terrific folks at Surf Incubator for both hosting 9Mile Labs and for contributing in hundreds of ways to the Seattle Startup ecosystem.

For a humorous look at the wonderful world of innovation and new ventures, check out Fl!p and the gang at Fl!p Comics.