IDEA Week Innovation Awards Submission

This application is for the following IDEA Week Innovation Awards:

Entrepreneur of the Year
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Female Entrepreneur of the Year

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Applications must be received by 5 p.m., Friday, March 29, 2019.

Review questions before submitting.

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1. I am:

2. What is YOUR contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

2. Nominee's Contact Information

First Name

Last Name

Title

City

State

Email Address

Phone Number

3. What is your gender?

4. What is your age? This question requires a valid date format of MM/DD/YYYY.

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5. Have you founded (or co-founded) a company?

We're sorry, but the IDEA Week Innovation Awards are only for those who have founded or co-founded companies

6. How many companies have you founded? This question requires a valid number format.

6. What are the names of the companies you have founded?

6. Was at least one of the companies you founded a for-profit enterprise?

6. Is this company a for-profit enterprise?

We're sorry, but the IDEA Week Innovation Awards are only for for-profit companies.

6. What is the name of the PRIMARY for-profit company that you would like to be considered for?

6. What is the name of the company you founded?

6. When was this company founded? This question requires a valid date format of MM/DD/YYYY.

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We're sorry, but the IDEA Week Innovation Awards are only for companies that were founded at least three years ago but no longer than 12.

6. Are you currently making sales?

We're sorry, but the IDEA Week Innovation Awards are only for companies currently making sales.

6. Is your company's products or services national or internal in scope (i.e., not just for those in the surrounding region)?

We're sorry, but the IDEA Week Innovation Awards are only open to those companies that have product/service offerings that are national or international in scope.

6. How many full-time employees does your company(ies) have? This question requires a valid number format.

6. How many part-time employees does your company(ies) have? This question requires a valid number format.

6. Approximately what percentage of these jobs are in the South Bend-Elkhart region (St. Joseph, Elkhart and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien and Cass counties in Michigan)?

6. Please list the approximate percentage your company(ies)'s workforce falls into each of the following seven wage categories

$5,000 to $19,999
$20,000 to $39,999
$40,000 to $69,999
$70,000 to $89,999
$90,000 to $109,999
$110,000 to $149,999
$150,000 or more

6. Please describe your company's growth since its founding.

6. How has your company and its product/service offerings impacted the industry(ies) in which they are in?

6. Please describe how your product offerings are new or pioneering.

6. How are your product/services simpler to use, more convenient, and more affordable than the incumbents' existing offerings?

6. How have existing providers been threatened by your products/services?