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THE AUSMUMPRENEUR AWARDS ARE ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING AND CELEBRATING MUMS IN BUSINESS

The AusMumpreneur Awards are all about supporting Australian mums in business, challenging the stereotypes and raising awareness about the contributions made by women with young children to the Australian economy.

The AusMumpreneur awards are a nationally recognised awards that have been running since 2009. Proudly presented by AusMumpreneur and The Women’s Business School, the Awards recognise the best and brightest in the Australian mumpreneur industry, acknowledging success in business, product development and innovation and customer service at a glamorous awards event.

Previous AusMumpreneur of the Year winners and finalists have been featured in national media including 60 minutes, Sunrise, The Today Show, Today Tonight, Cosmopolitan, and the Herald Sun and The Australian since winning this award.

So is 2023 your year to shine?

The AusMumpreneur Awards celebrate and acknowledge the outstanding achievements of Australian mums in small business.

Entry requirements

Entry needs to comply with the eligibility requirements for the selected category,

Your business must be run in Australia and have an ABN

You may enter as many categories as you wish

Entry into more than one category requires the final question (Why should you be recognised as a finalist for this category?) to be tailored to the specific eligibility and entry requirements for each relevant category

 

State Judged Categories: QLD/NT – NSW/ACT – VIC/TAS – WA/SA

MAJOR CATEGORIES:

AusMumpreneur of the Year This award recognises exceptional business owners who have been in business 5+ years

Rising Star AusMumpreneur of the Year This award recognises exceptional first-time business owners who have been in business for 2 – 5 years

Emerging AusMumpreneur of the Year This award recognises exceptional first-time business owners who have been in business less than 2 years

Business Excellence Award  This award recognises businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience

SPECIAL CATEGORIES:

Non-profit Excellence Award This award recognises a non-profit founder that has achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Indigenous Business Excellence Award  This award recognises Indigenous businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be an Indigenous Australian Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander to be eligible to enter this category

Multicultural Business Excellence Award  This award recognises Multicultural businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be from a multicultural or culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) background with at least one natural parent born in a country other than Australia to be eligible to enter this category

Disabled Business Excellence Award  This award recognises a woman in business living with Disability and/or Chronic Illness that has achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

LGBTQIA+ Business Excellence Award  This award recognises a LGBTQIA+ person in business that has achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

GENERAL CATEGORIES:

Events Business Award This award recognises Events businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Financial Services Business Award This award recognises financial service businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Children’s Activities Award This award recognises Children’s Education businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Children’s Education Award This award recognises Children’s Education businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Digital Services Award This award recognises digital service businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Podcast Award This award recognises podcasts that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Regional Business Award This award recognises regional businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including marketing, profitability, influence, presentation and customer service

Rural and Remote Business Award This award recognises rural and remote  businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including marketing, profitability, influence, presentation and customer service

Product Innovation Award  This award recognises businesses that have invented their own unique product or range of products

Fashion Award  This award recognises fashion businesses that have created their own unique range

One to Watch Award  This award recognises individuals that are pre-launch or in their first 12 months but have a creative, scalable, interesting or innovative business idea, innovation or concept.

Overcoming the Odds Award  Recognising women who have overcome adversity and significant challenges to succeed in business.

Women’s Champion Award This award recognises individuals who are championing other women, through leadership, employment or empowerment.

Creative Entrepreneur Award This award recognises creative businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Business Pivot Award  This award recognises businesses that have achieved outstanding results through pivoting their business due to Covid 19 using creativity, innovation and resilience.

Sustainable Product Award  This award recognises product businesses’ commitment to sustainable, ethical and eco -friendly business practices

Professional Services Business Award  This award recognises professional services based businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Product Design Award  This award recognises businesses that have designed their own unique product or range of products

Food & Beverage Award   This award recognises businesses that have created their own unique product or range of products

Digital Innovation/Tech Award  This award recognises innovation in the online or mobile space through the introduction or improvement of an idea, method, technology, process or application

Sustainability Award  This award recognises businesses’ commitment to sustainable and eco-friendly business practices

Women’s Business School Ignite Award  This award recognises Women’s Business School participants that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be a graduate or enrolled in the Women’s Business School to be eligible to enter this category

Women’s Business School Accelerate Award  This award recognises Women’s Business School participants that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be a graduate or enrolled in the Women’s Business School to be eligible to enter this category

Global Brand Award  This award recognises exceptional businesses that are exporting internationally in 5 or more countries

Women will change the World Award  This award recognises individuals who are making a difference to people’s lives, the environment or the world through their business or their non-profit

Retail Business Award  This award recognises retail businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Service Business Award  This award recognises service based businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

B2B Service Business Award This award recognises service based businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

VA Business Award  This award recognises VA based businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

 Hair & Beauty Business Award This award recognises Hair & Beauty businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Health & Wellbeing Business Award  This award recognises Health & Wellbeing based businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Handmade Business Award  This award recognises handmade businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Author Award  This award recognises Authors that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of authorship

People’s Choice Voting Categories: 

Influencer Award  Most popular bloggers and social media influencers as determined by people’s choice voting

Leadership Award  Most popular leader as determined by people’s choice voting

Customer Service Award  Excellence in customer service as determined by people’s choice voting

E-Commerce Store Award  Most popular online store as determined by people’s choice voting

Product Award  Most popular product as determined by people’s choice voting

Business Coach Award  Most popular business coach as determined by people’s choice voting

Making a Difference Award (BUSINESS)  Most popular business making a difference as determined by people’s choice voting

Making a Difference Award Environmental Impact  Most popular environmental impact business or organisation making a difference as determined by people’s choice voting

Making a Difference Award Health & wellbeing  Most popular health and wellbeing business or organisation making a difference as determined by people’s choice voting

Making a Difference Award Children’s education ღ Most popular children’s education business or organisation making a difference as determined by people’s choice voting

Making a Difference Award Humanitarian impact  Most popular humanitarian business or organisation making a difference as determined by people’s choice voting

Making a Difference Award Social enterprise  Most popular social enterprise business making a difference as determined by people’s choice voting

Making a Difference Award global impact  Most popular global impact business or organisation making a difference as determined by people’s choice voting

Making a Difference Award local community business  Most popular local community focused business or organisation making a difference as determined by people’s choice voting

Making a Difference Award cultural diversity and inclusion  Most popular cultural diversity and inclusion focused business making a difference as determined by people’s choice voting

Making a Difference Award (Non-profit)  Most popular non-profit or charity organisation making a difference as determined by people’s choice voting

The AusMumpreneur Awards celebrate and acknowledge the outstanding achievements of Australian mums in small business.

Important Dates

Nominations close – June 4, 2023
Announcement of finalists – June 24, 2023
Judging dates – July 10 – 14 2023
People’s Choice voting starts – Monday 28 July 2023 People’s Choice voting ends – Friday 10 August 2023
The Awards will be announced at the National AusMumpreneur Conference and Awards dinner on August 24 2023 in Sydney. 

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A Decade of celebrating Mums in Businesses

“Being named AusMumpreneur of the Year was such a milestone for us. One of our first awards that we ever won was the AusMum Award for Product Innovation back in 2010. And we have been inspired by so many women we’ve met over the years through the network. Being a mum in business is a truly unique experience and having an award framework that recognises this is empowering and necessary. It has been an honour to be the AusMumpreneur of the Year and we hope we have inspired other women to think big. With the right idea, support and networking, anything is possible.”

Dannielle Michaels, b.box 2016 AusMumpreneur of the Year