jessica her ron has been on the show because of that award. there are lots of businesses in the silicon valley that has nothing to do with silicon. >> we tend to focus on technology in the valley. eight categories, real estate, you look at consumer products and go pro has involved in there and when you look at the valley, it's a lot broader than technology. the category reward recipients half are from technology. as you pointed out, scott, if you win at the regional level, which is here, you compete against 25 other regions across the united states at the national program in palm springs. ten category award winners are picked there and nick was also one of them. and pro lodge's leader as well. and if they win one of those ten category winners one is picked to be the u.s. representative who competes against the winners of almost 60 other countries where this competition is held in mondayco. >> the emcee is the national competition -- >> there's an opening here because he's retiring. >> he has absolutely retired from "the tonight show" but he st