28 Sep 2017 Company of the Year – Growth

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Company of the Year: Growth

Applications will open in 2022

About this Award

This award acknowledges a high growth company demonstrating outstanding performance and potential to grow further. With revenue and employee count growing year on year it is exceeding expectations of its investors and has the potential to become a leader in its market. It is a growth role model for BC’s tech ecosystem.

Who Should Apply?

Nominees in this category must be:

  • Revenue of $1M to $10M
  • Employees of 10 to 50
  • Selling a technology-related product, service, solution, system or platform
  • BC-based

Evaluation Criteria

The following criteria will be used to evaluate nominees:

  1. Awards Pitch (max. 250 words) – 20%

This award acknowledges a high growth company demonstrating outstanding performance and potential to grow further. With revenue and employee count growing year on year it is exceeding expectations of its investors and has the potential to become a leader in its market. It is a growth role model for BC’s tech ecosystem. Tell us why your company best exemplifies a BC growth success story.

  1. Business Strategy and Impact (max. 500 words) – 20%

Tell us more about your company’s business strategy and impact. What business are you in and why do your products/solutions matter? What does your product/solution do and which customers and markets do you support? What are your employees uniquely adept at? What are the wider and future implications of your business for BC and the world?

  1. Business Performance (max. 500 words and high-level financial metrics) – 25%

Time to prove the case! Share with us details of your business performance to demonstrate your success. Please provide summary data on your revenue and market share for the last 3 years and any other metrics that you use in your business to drive and measure business performance and why those metrics are so important to your business success.

  1. Turning Points and Milestones (max. 750 words) – 35%

Startup to Growth is a key part of the journey. When did you pivot to emerge stronger and more focused? Tell us about 2-3 moments in your company’s journey so far that were impactful – what about your journey to growth success can inspire and encourage others? How did your company demonstrate resilience in the past year? How did you adapt, change or thrive in challenging circumstances?