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# Minnesota tech company wins first prize in $1 Million Challenge for minority entrepreneurs

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"HabitAware, which makes software and wearable technology that helps people with destructive, "body-focused" repetitive behaviors, won the first prize among nine finalists in the first "MEDA's $1 million Challenge" for minority entrepreneurs.

HabitAware, based in St. Louis Park, was awarded $400,000 in a competition that has bloomed to $1.475 million, thanks to additional sponsorship. Last fall, [the company](http://www.meda.net/) won the $50,000 grand prize in the annual Minnesota Cup business competition."

Check out the full article [here](http://www.startribune.com/habitaware-winner-of-mncup-wins-meda-s-1-million-challenge/505143772/)

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