Description
The Top 5 BIPOC Entrepreneurs award category recognizes the amazing founders who have taken steps to create impact as BIPOC Entrepreneurs in Western Canada.
Eligibility
Please read the eligibility requirements and criteria below before submitting a nomination. If you're unsure, you can submit anyways and we will follow up with the business owner or entrepreneur.
Requirements
- Must identify as a BIPOC Entrepreneur
- Must have a business with a formal structure
- Must have been operating for a minimum of 2 years as of August 16, 2024
- Must have year over year growth in revenue or profits and have sales
- Must have validated the business model by being able to demonstrate product/market fit
- Must demonstrate how leadership and quality standards are driving the business forward
- Must be headquartered in Canada with primary operations in Canadian markets
- Must demonstrate how entrepreneurship has impacted the entrepreneurs goals and aspirations as well as enhanced local and regional business communities and networks
- Must demonstrate how innovation is being enacted to enhance business activities and products/services
*If you aren't sure whether a business is eligible, please nominate them anyways and we will work with the founder/entrepreneur to confirm information and discuss their nomination!
**Companies or Entrepreneurs can nominate themselves or via internal team members as a 1st Party Nomination. Candidates can also be nominated via 3rd party, but the organization will need to confirm their participation once reached in order to proceed with publishing the nomination in order to gain votes.