Award categories and their descriptions

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Advocate of the Year: This will recognize a woman who has supported marginalized or abused women within her sphere of influence; in turn these women are empowered and positioned to achieve their potential.

Succeeding and thriving in the business world is not just about running the business and making money. Indeed, there are many people in the business world that crave leadership and mentorship. When it comes to women who are just getting started in the business or women that want to put their voice behind something important when it comes to their extracurricular efforts, this is where advocates come in. Whether it be the donation of their time, money or other resources, advocates are a huge asset to the business world as well as the rest of society including non-profits, government and beyond. Women in particular are of great importance and value as they add a perspective that is often missing from the discussion. This award for Advocate of the Year will reward a woman that has done precisely that for other women and their unique interests.

2) Best Collaboration the Year: This will recognize an outstanding female collaboration in business that has created value.

While there are plenty of people that do amazing things on their own when it comes to business and entrepreneurship, there is also something significant to be said for people that work together to form a synergy and thus create results that are truly better than a simple sum of what the individuals could do on their own. When women get together and have a plan, the results can be even better and more game-changing as the presence of single women in the entrepreneurship sphere, let along groups of them working together, has been entirely too fleeting and rare in the business world. This award is meant to recognize women that are changing the business and collaboration worlds every day, all at the same time.

3) Entrepreneur of the Year: This will recognize a woman who has demonstrated entrepreneurial creativity, as well as created wealth and employment.