Description
This award is designed to recognize the efforts of home-based businesses. The winning business may have excellent customer service, a great product/service, or innovative marketing efforts.
Requirements
- You may nominate any business (brick and mortar, home-based, or services) with their main operations and/or head office located within Mission or the surrounding region (Silverdale to Deroche).
- You may nominate as many businesses as you like but each requires its own nomination form.
- Each business can be nominated in up to three categories. If a business in nominated in more than three categories, they will be asked which three they want to compete in.
- Businesses must qualify for the categories requiring specific details (1-20 employees, 20+ employees, youth entrepreneur, non-profit or charity).
Criteria
| Criterion | Weight |
|---|---|
| Description of Business | 5.0% |
| What makes your product or service stand out in terms of quality, value, or uniqueness, and how do you ensure consistency while working from a home-based setting? | 20.0% |
| How do you deliver excellent customer service as a home-based business, and what feedback have you received from customers? | 20.0% |
| Have you received any acknowledgment, awards, or recognition in the past 2 to 3 years because of your level of service? | 10.0% |
| How have you used creativity or innovation to grow or differentiate your business (e.g., in operations, offerings, or customer engagement)? | 15.0% |
| How has your business grown or evolved over time? | 15.0% |
| What challenges have you faced as a home-based business, and how have you adapted or problem-solved to overcome them? | 10.0% |
| Are there any other details you'd like the judges to know? | 5.0% |