Be a winner! Top tips for winning the Tech Trailblazers Awards

Here are the do's and don'ts

"Think of the judges like VCs being asked to invest"

 • We will be skeptical 

 • We want evidence and proof points –Help us do our research with external links 

 • Dreams and hopes are nice but what is measurable and done now! –And yes we can tell the difference 

 • What do third-parties think – analysts, customers? 

 Tell some war stories about how you solved a customer’s problem

What goes wrong?

 • Entrants don’t read the questions 

Read and understand the questions

 • Entrants don’t answer the questions properly 

Long diatribes are unnecessary, just answer the question

 • Entrants copy and paste marketing blurb into the answers 

 • Entrants ask their PR agency or a junior marketing person to complete 

All of the judges are senior people, your CEO’s answers are more likely to win than the PR agency juniors attempt

Steve's full presentation is attached here as a PDF.

The great news is that this year you can register and save entries and then edit. So for example, to benefit from the early bird discount, just register and save the categories you want to enter and the $50 discount on all entries will apply (deadline 31st July). You can then go back and edit before the deadline of August 29th. 

If you have questions about the Tech Trailblazers, please contact us on innovate@techtrailblazers.com and one of the Trailblazers or our judges will be in touch soon! Good luck!