The retail champs, sustainability stars and community heroes: The 2024 Smart50 Awards category shortlist announced
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From July to September, SmartCompany accepted entries forย the Smart50 Awards 2024, our long-running annual celebration of the fastest-growing Australian SMEs.
Since 2007, these awards have delivered national recognition to the fastest-growing businesses across Australia. Previous Smart50 winners include some of the most successful and inspiring Australian businesses of the century, including Adore Beauty, Atlassian, July, Mr Yum and Vinomofo: just by being shortlisted this year’s impressive set of nominees are in illustrious company.
Along with the Smart50 list, which will be revealed on November 14, the Awards include special Category Awards, which recognise the other ways SMEs are performing, contributing to their communities, finding success and driving innovation.
In the coming weeks, our guest judges will gather to assess the shortlisted entries and choose the final winners, which will also be announced at our award ceremony in Melbourne on November 14: you can buy tickets for that here.
These special category awards feature businesses led by 15 women founders or co-founders, and eight founders or co-founders from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
The shortlisted candidates for 2024 are:
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The judges for the Smart50 Community Hero Award are:
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The judge for the Smart50 Innovator Award is Kristi Mansfield, co-founder and CEO of Seer Data & Analytics.
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The judges for the Smart50 Retail Award are:
The judges for the Smart50 Rising Star Award are:
The judges for the Smart50 Marketing Award are:
The judge for the Smart50 People Power Award is Steve Grace, founder and CEO of The Nudge Group.
The judges for the Smart50 Resilience Award are:
The judges for the Smart50 Sustainability Award are:
Finalists will receive an email this week with next steps and information on event registration.
For more information about the Smart50 Awards, check out the dedicated page.
Smart50 is SmartCompanyโs suite of award programs for Australian small to medium size businesses. The Smart50 Awards 2024 recognised the top 50 fastest growing companies in its Smart50 list, and celebrated exceptional achievements in community, innovation and more in the Smart50 category awards.
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