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On Wednesday, October 22, over 600 entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders will gather to celebrate our state’s best and brightest young companies and entrepreneurs. Our Awards program honors the skill and courage that it takes for entrepreneurs to create a business out of an idea.

The deadline for receipt of completed nomination forms is Wednesday, July 15, 2015.
Criteria for companies in the Development Stage category:

Only for-profit companies are eligible for consideration. Development Stage companies are in the early stages of fully launching their businesses on the market. They are in the process of establishing their production, marketing, sales, distribution and administrative functions and may be hiring employees or contractors to support their operations. These companies have recognized revenues at a minimum of $0.5 million in the previous calendar year. They also have projected revenues for the current year in the range of $0.5-$10 million and should either show a historical trend toward positive cash flow or have a credible plan to reach that objective in the near- to mid term. They may have any amount of invested capital.

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* Does your company meet the criteria above?

Terms of nomination:

You may nominate your own company or make a nomination on a company's behalf. The information submitted within this Nomination Form will be treated as highly confidential and will be used solely by the Judging Committee. For a nominee company to be considered, all information requested herein must be provided – only completed forms will be presented to the Judging Committee.

OEN reserves the right to seek third-party verification of nominees when deemed appropriate. The Judging Committee will schedule and conduct off-site and on-site interviews with the management team of semi-finalist and finalist companies as part of the process for selecting the winning company. Those selected as semi-finalists and finalists will be asked for additional information during these interviews.

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* Do you agree to the terms outlined above?

If selected as a finalist:

All finalists will be featured in a presentation at the awards dinner. The CEO of each finalist company must agree to make himself/herself available for a personal interview with the Judging Committee and also for a video interview session in Portland in mid-late September. In addition, the CEO of each finalist company must commit to attending the awards dinner, to be held Wednesday, October 22 at the Oregon Convention Center.

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* Do you agree to the terms outlined above?

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