NCCTW Nominations Deadline Extended to March 5 for Select Companies

While the deadline to nominate companies has officially passed, we are extending the deadline through Monday, March 5^th to anyone nominating companies that meet the following criteria:

• Have company headquarters outside of the Research Triangle
• Are women- or minority-owned businesses
• Are in under-represented fields including manufacturing, engineering, agriculture/food production, life sciences

 Nominations can be made by any individual by filling out this online form.

Companies must still meet the full criteria:

• Be privately held (not publicly traded and not a subsidiary or division of another company).
• Be a commercial enterprise, not a nonprofit.
• Be past the startup stage.
• Be facing issues of growth, not survival.
• Employ 6 to 99 full-time equivalent W-2 employees, including the owner.
• Have between $750,000 and $50 million in annual revenue or working capital in place from investors or grants. 
• Be headquartered in North Carolina.
• Have not won this award in the past.
• Demonstrate the intent and capacity to grow based on evidence such as:
• Employee or sales growth
• Exceptional entrepreneurial leadership
• Sustainable competitive advantage
• Other notable factors that showcase the company's success 

For more information, you may visit www.cednc.org/ncctw.