General Software is accepting nominations for the Entrepreneur of the Year award. This is our flagship award that will be presented at the 2023 February General Software Expo event and will showcase some of the most creative, innovative and financially sound start-ups in existence today. The world's largest investment community are the audience at this event and every nomination is considered by them as a potential investment opportunity.
1. Three-minute video pitch for the global GS audience to understand what you do and why it's important.
2. Executive summary of your company that explains how you have been profitable for more than one year, with less than $2M investment capital raised so far in total funding rounds, by whom and when as well as if you are cash flow positive or negative.
3. Your team bio including previous work experience, education background, interests outside of business & hobbies. Team photos are optional. You can also send in links to more information about your company and team if that makes sense.
4. Measurable short term (less than eighteen months) and long term goals for the business.
5. One slide on your funding requirements for next twelve months i.e., how much capital do you need and from whom to fund future growth? What will you do with the funds raised?
6. If an existing member of GS : Rating of your company from GS members and a ONE-PAGE description of how you plan to utilize GS services for improving the customer experience of your products/services.
9. One slide on the market opportunity of your company in terms of annual revenue and additional investors/funds raised in the past one year.
10. Two references from companies that are existing clients as well as non-clients who have worked with you closely for at least 6 months in a professional capacity or investor who has engaged with you and visited your office more than once to understand your business.
We reserve the right to deny any nominations if we determine they do not qualify based on our evaluation criteria (see above). All information submitted will be treated confidentially and may be used only by us internally to evaluate the nominees. Nominations may also be shared with our global investment community to evaluate as well as other media partners including Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg and CNBC according to our specific needs at a given time. All decisions by us in relation to this program will be final and no exceptions will be made.
Rules for References: Name of your reference must not be submitted on behalf of any nominee nor can we accept anonymous references or if you are quoting someone else's views on your behalf; each individual entrepreneur/company must make their own submissions and nominate themselves directly. The reason for this is to prevent fraudulent activity and ensure that individuals themselves nominate themselves directly based on their own merits. As these are not just nominations but also a formal contest we will take it very seriously and those who violate the rules may be disqualified completely or in some cases depending on severity ,removed from final consideration . Please do not send any attachments, only include links to the documents you are providing so that we can download them at our discretion if needed.