Nominations Open Dec. 1 for CT Entrepreneur Awards 2020

Nominations for the 2020 Connecticut Entrepreneur Awards, which identify, recognize, and celebrate Connecticut’s leading entrepreneurs and ventures, and the ecosystem elements that support them, will open on Sunday, December 1, 2019.

There will be both judged and community-favorite categories for an array of entrepreneurial endeavors, and nominations can be made through Jan. 20, 2020 at www.ctentrepreneurawards.com.

Community online voting will begin on February 1, 2020. A national panel of expert judges will select the program’s tops winners in the Entrepreneur, Venture, and Community Builder categories. The annual honors – which recognize more than 60 entrepreneurs and ventures from all parts of Connecticut – were first awarded in 2017.

The online nomination process which will open on Dec. 1 is simple and normally takes just a minute or two to complete. There is no limit as to how many nominations can be entered by an individual. Qualifying nominated award candidates are promoted to finalist status and participate beginning Feb. 1 in the community voting and judging categories, where appropriate.

The following categories will be open for nominations:

• Entrepreneur
  • Scaling (>$1MM revenue)
  • Scalable
  • Main Street
  • Social Good
  • Student (<25 years old)
• Venture
  • Revenue
  • Pre-revenue
• Community Builder
• Space
• Program
• Economic Development
• Event
• Education
• Corporate/Institutional

A special event announcing and celebrating the 2020 winners will take place on April 20 at the Pratt & Whitney Hanger Museum in East Hartford. Details will be announced early next year. Businesses and organizations interested in sponsorships should contact Bill Kenney at scallywag@ctevents.co.

2020 program sponsors include: Entrepreneurship Foundation, Keating Agency Insurance, Murtha Cullina, Pratt & Whitney, UHY Advisors, and Universal Connectivity. The CT Entrepreneur Awards are a product of the CT Entrepreneur Event Organizers consortium, an all-volunteer cooperative effort of people and organizations that host and facilitate entrepreneur-facing events in Connecticut. (See a full list of the affiliated organizations at ctentrepreneurawards.com.)

As the 2020 Awards cycle approaches, a number of winners from previous years are currently being featured on the CT Entrepreneur Awards website, providing updates on the progress they’ve made since being selected to receive an award. The updates can be seen at http://ctentrepreneurawards.com/News.

For more information about the event or the Entrepreneur Event Calendar, including how to get involved or become a sponsor, contact Bill Kenney at scallywag@ctevents.co.