The East Midlands Real Entrepreneurs’ Awards were born to recognise and celebrate those who have truly excelled in the face of adversity.
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By shining a light on entrepreneurs who set up breakthrough businesses, saw dramatic growth, or even pivoted their business to adapt in the ever changing face of our economy, we are here to share their stories enabling others to learn and, of course, grow.
It’s through the Real Entrepreneurs’ Awards that we identify best practice, promote enterprise, and encourage entrepreneurship across the board.
Open to the public, you can self-nominate or submit a nomination for someone you believe to be entrepreneurial in any of our 10 award categories. All nominees will have the opportunity to submit their own supporting evidence by the deadline stated above. Supporting evidence will be examined by the judging panel as part of their research.
NEW?YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
This award recognises a young entrepreneur (typically under 30) who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, innovation, and success. They could be a social media influencer, the founder of a tech startup, or a climate activist launching a sustainable business. Who do you think of when you see the words ‘young entrepreneur’? They deserve to be noticed.
NEW?LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Celebrating an entrepreneur who has shown sustained leadership, innovation, and contribution to their industry or society, our judges seek nominees who have made a significant impact over their career.
Entrepreneur for Good?
Judges want to find a social enterprise, or a business in which social enterprise plays a role in their culture. The winner will be someone who pledges to create social change and has generated awareness or funds for social causes in the past 24 months. They must have shown active engagement in breeding positive social change and have clear ethics and morals with evidence to back them up.?
Scale-Up Entrepreneur of the Year
A vital contributor to the economy, the scale-up business is one that has considerable room to grow. The entrepreneur running it already has a proven record of physical or digital expansion, increased revenue, and accomplished business plans. And, they’re actively taking on new strategies for further expansion.?
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Entrepreneurial Collaborator
For this category, our judges were looking to evidence that this entrepreneur connects others to resources, organisations and individuals who can support them, and who looks out for others in order to help them achieve success.?
Entrepreneurial Educator
The winner of the Entrepreneurial Educator award will be someone who shares knowledge and advice with others as they recognise this as an essential factor in developing a thriving economy. This award identifies the impact one person or organisation has made on the learning and development of fellow business owners or the next generation of entrepreneurs. We want to see evidence that shows they’ve had an active presence in the education scene.?
Start-Up Entrepreneur of the Year
The Start-up category recognises a business that has been running for less than three years and has already accomplished a great deal. Looking at the challenges faced when starting up the venture through to how they have handled their latest business deal, the judges want to hear about it all. They will ask nominees to demonstrate the successes achieved in those three short years so far.
International Entrepreneur of the Year
The International Entrepreneur award winner will have described in their supporting evidence any schemes, projects?or partnerships that have been taken or developed overseas. They may have created jobs for international applicants here?in the UK, have set up offices outside the UK, or built relationships with organisations in other countries that help?to drive the UK economy.
The Entrepreneurs’ Entrepreneur
This title will be awarded to the entrepreneur who has been through it all. Their journey started with a vision and they’ve been through many trials and tribulations to get to the position they’re in today. They have as many stories about their failures as they do ideas, plans, and efforts to succeed. They may or may not even consider themselves to be successful just yet, but they’re on to something and their efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. They will exemplify the criteria associated with the Entrepreneur for Good, Entrepreneurial Spirit, and Entrepreneurial Collaborator awarding categories.?