WHAT IS BEING AN ECOSYSTEM PARTNER ABOUT?

You represent the Global Startup Awards (GSAwards) as an organization in your country and/or in a special industry (just like Fintech, Biotech, VCs, etc), overlapping countries or even regions because of your immeasurable influence and experience within that specific part of the startup ecosystem. Ecosystem Partners are the main drives for recommending the best of their startup ecosystems, thus, they have a tremendous influence on the future of the nominees. (If you are willing to join as an individual, please consider joining as an Ambassador)

HOW THE COMPETITION WORKS 

HERE you can find a detailed description of the competition framework.

WHAT IS YOUR ROLE IN THE COMPETITION?

• You will be expected to recommend the crème de la crème from your startup ecosystem through exclusive access to the nomination platform, which will allow you to track the progress of your nominees over the competition season. 

• As nominated companies and individuals will only become contestants for the competition when they accept the invitation (including the General Terms and Conditions) and answer the questions for the category/categories they are willing to participate in (they can apply more of them in parallel), we’ll also ask your help to push your nominees to finalize their registrations.

• Take part in sharing information about the GSAwards events and news in your network.

• You will be approved as an Ecosystem Partner when you have invited at least 20 companies/individuals that/who fit the criteria of the particular category/categories and at least 6 of them have finalized their applications. 

WHAT YOU GET

As an Ecosystem Partner, you will enjoy the following benefits once your contribution is completed:

• Introduction on both the regional and global website and social media channels.

• You will be part of an exclusive group that will represent your region as a national and local expert where you will get a chance to have an impact by recommending who is going to represent the best of the region to the rest of the world. 

• Access to an exclusive, curated group of all active Ambassadors, Country Partners, and Ecosystem Partners from all around the world to interconnect with each other and build your peer-to-peer network globally.

• Access to the GSAwards Alumni network when the particular season is over, which comes with invitations to all GSAwards events around the world.

• You will receive an official certificate and a graphics package to use on your Social Media channels.

• An interview for an article will be conducted to be featured on both the regional and the global social media channels of GSAwards.

• The opportunity to have 2 professional announcements delivered on the GSAwards social media channels.   

• The individual representing an Ecosystem Partner can also be introduced as an Ambassador and enjoy the benefits of both roles. In order to become an Ambassador, you are invited to fill out the Ambassador Application.

We hope you are interested and excited to work with us and contribute to finding and connecting that next 1% globally.

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