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Nominations are OPEN for the 2024 Growth Awards!

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ABOUT NOMINATING A COMPANY FOR THE ANNUAL GROWTH AWARDS:

Nominating for the Growth Awards provides an excellent opportunity to establish and maintain connections with your clients and prospects. It's more than just a reason to reach out; it's a chance to show you value their accomplishments. Recognition and praise can go a long way in fostering positive relationships. Nominating a company for their growth is a sincere form of flattery that could open new avenues of collaboration. 

Consider nominating companies that have an interesting success story such as:

• FOUNDERS with long-standing business leadership for corporate growth and community service.
• GROWTH - A company that exhibits distinctive strategic positioning, sustainable growth, and profit over the last two to three years.
• SUSTAINABILITY - An environmentally friendly company that has a unique product, manufacturing process, service or vendor relationship benefitting our environment, or a company that stewards long-term consumer and employee value by creating a “green strategy” aimed toward the natural environment, and by considering every dimension of how their business operates in the social, cultural, and economic environment.
• SPOTLIGHT - A company that has experienced a significant M&A deal, or a PE-backed company, showing above average financial performance.
• REINVENTING/TURNAROUND - A company that reinvented a process, system, or business to compete in their market.
• GLOBAL - A company headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area/Northern California with operations worldwide.
• INNOVATION - A company that uses innovation to differentiate itself in the marketplace and drive the success of its business.
• CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY - A company that has contributed to the community in a significant way.
• STARTUP - A company in existence for five years or less with current revenue, that offers a unique or disruptive product or service, and has significant growth prospects.

Nominee Qualifications

• $10M+ in Revenue (except for Start Up Category – See Below)
• Profitable 2 of the last 3 years
• HQ in San Francisco Bay Area/Northern California
• For Profit Enterprise/Not a Nonprofit Organization

Start-up Category Qualifications

• $1M+ in Revenue
• Less than 5 years in Business
• HQ in San Francisco Bay Area/Northern California
• For Profit Enterprise/Not a Nonprofit Organization

Award Indicators

• Recent profit growth
• Outstanding performance
• Distinctive strategic positioning
• Clarity of market positioning
• Well defined product and services
• Organizational effectiveness
• Lean organizational structure
• Well-trained staff with high morale and strong commitment to mission
• Effective internal processes and controls
• Effective communications to reach customers, suppliers, shareholders, and employees.
• Dynamic leadership
• Active board with broad range of talents and perspectives
• Clear vision