Boston-Based Audissey Guides Selected for Forbes’ Boost Your Business Contest

Boston, MA - Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 –

Audissey Guides has been selected as one of twenty
entrepreneurs that have advanced to the second stage of Forbes.com’s third annual “Boost Your Business” editorial contest, available at Forbes.com

“We’re excited to be chosen as a semi-finalist in the Forbes’ Boost Your Business competition,” said Rob Pyles, Founder and Creative Director of Audissey Guides. “People love to travel – and people love their iPhones. We bring the two together.”

Audissey Guides plans to use the funds from winning the contest to develop an iPhone app which they will license to museums, cities and historic sites to easily create their own GPS walking tours. The iPhone App will provide an easy, low-maintenance way for museums, sites and cities to engage and attract a new generation of visitors.

“The quality of our contestants gets better with each passing year,” said Brett Nelson, Entrepreneurs Editor at Forbes.

Visitors to Forbes.com can now vote for Audissey Guides through September 30th at http://boost09.perfectprize.com/voting/.

From the 20 semi-finalists who made it to the second round of the contest, five finalists will be selected to compete for the grand prize. Those five finalists will be flown to New York City to give live presentations to an expert panel of judges. The winner will receive $50,000 in cash and $50,000 in advertising on Forbes.com. The 2009 BYB contest is sponsored by Comcast.

About Audissey Guides 

Audissey Guides is a pioneer in the high-tech tourism industry, allowing travelers to use their mobile devices as personal tour guides. Audissey creates hip, entertaining audio and video walking tours that launch travelers off the beaten path – into the soul of a city.

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