Judges / Adjudicator Eligibility
YEG Startup Awards adjudication committee carefully selects our judges for their expertise and experience in the startup ecosystem. They are required to meet the following criteria:
- Must have a deep understanding of the startup community and the challenges that entrepreneurs face.
- Must have a track record of success in their respective fields, including finance, marketing, technology, or entrepreneurship.
- To ensure impartiality, judges must not have a direct financial or personal interest in any of the nominees in the category they are adjudicating.
- Must commit to fairness and transparency and be able to evaluate nominees objectively based on the criteria for each award category.
Our judges play a critical role in maintaining the integrity and credibility of the YEG Startup Awards. Bringing together a diverse group of experts passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship enables us to recognize the most deserving nominees for their outstanding achievements in Edmonton.Diversity is essential to the success of the YEG Startup Awards. We strive to select judges from a wide range of backgrounds, including different genders and orientations, ages, ethnicities, industries and organizations’ sizes, to ensure that all nominees are evaluated fairly and impartially by a well-rounded panel of experts.