Start-Up to Watch Award Submission Form

About the Award

The GSA Start-Up to Watch Awards Committee, which is comprised of members of GSA's Emerging Company CEO Council (ECCEO) and select serial entrepreneurs in the industry, semiconductor venture capitalists and other start-up experts selects the winner of the Start-Up To Watch award by identifying the semiconductor company that demonstrates the potential to positively change its market or the semiconductor industry in general through innovation and new applications for semiconductor technology.

With more than 1,000 fabless and IDM start-up companies worldwide, the GSA Start-Up to Watch Awards Committee has been tasked with evaluating each application submitted to determine the finalists. If your company is selected as a nominee, your CEO must make a presentation about your company at the GSA ECCEO Council meeting to be held on September 29, 2010 in San Jose, California. Presentations can be made in-person or via WebEx between 9:00am and 12:00pm Pacific Time.

Guidelines

• Company must be a semiconductor company (fabless or IDM) *
• Company must have introduced its first product within the last 3.5 years (between January 1, 2007 and June 30, 2010)
• Company must have demonstrated initial market success by achieving a minimum of $5 million of cumulative product revenue (i.e., cumulative product revenue since market introduction)

*To qualify for a GSA award, a semiconductor company must design, manufacture (internally or externally) and sell hardware devices implemented on silicon to an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or original design manufacturer (ODM).

If your company does not meet these guidelines, you should instead apply for the Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company Award.

Submissions

Submissions for this award are conducted online.

Deadline

Submissions close August 30, 2010

Guideline Acknowledgement

Your company submission for this award is your confirmation and assurance that you have reserved the morning of September 29, 2010 on your CEO's calendar. Company presentations will be held in San Jose, California. Specific presentation times will be assigned at a later date. You will be given the option to make your presentation via WebEx. Travel to the presentation site is the responsibility of the company. Presentations will be delivered by the company's CEO only. Based on the number of companies pursuing this award, a company CEO unable to deliver the presentation (either in-person or via WebEx) is cause for elimination from consideration for the award.

Award Presentation

The Start-Up to Watch Award will be announced at GSA's Awards Dinner Celebration on December 9, 2010 in Santa Clara, CA.

Submission Form

Note: Submissions must have all information fields completed. Incomplete submission forms will not be considered.

PLEASE NOTE: This GSA Awards Dinner Celebration nomination form is closed.