Liftoff Award for Startups

Whether you're pre-seed with grand plans, a pre-series C startup, or scaling up to your IPO, we want to hear all about your approach to remote talent. We're looking for solid data and great examples that demonstrate the positive influence of your initiatives on team engagement, productivity, and overall work satisfaction. Bonus points for sharing data and success metrics. Good luck!

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Prepare before you enter:

This Award has seven sections to complete. To make it easier for you to prepare your entry, we have included the four main questions for this category below, each with a 2,000 character limit. You can save your entry by clicking the 'save & continue later' feature at the bottom of the entry form.

• Your lift pitch: tell us why you should win this award

• How have you incorporated remote working into your company? Do you have a remote-first policy, or do you have offices? Is your team spread out all over the world, or contained to a certain geographical region? We want to know how you foster a collaborative and productive workplace environment to help your company thrive. Share the steps you have taken and the outcomes you have achieved.

• What is the impact of remote work and a distributed hiring model on team engagement, productivity, and overall work satisfaction? Remember, we like data, but we also love real-life stories, so please share both!

• If you had to start again from scratch tomorrow, what would be the first three things you would do to set up your startup for success in distributed hiring and remote work?

You must complete all mandatory questions for your entry to be considered. You’ll be able to save your entry and come back to it at a later date, just don’t forget to press ‘send’ before the deadline at 11:59pm UTC on March 1, 2024.

*This Award category is open to everyone! As long as you can meet the company-size criteria set out in the entry form, then you're welcome to apply. We're looking forward to hearing from you.

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