Sharjah Entrepreneurs with Disability Award

Who this category is for

The award was established to support entrepreneurship in Sharjah with particular attention to people of determination. The applicant is an enterprise owner or founder with a disability who is the decision-maker and operationally responsible, and the enterprise must operate in any emirate of the UAE.

The assessment criteria as the award publishes them

1. 1Personal qualities

   • Passion and vision
   • Capacity for personal growth
   • Self-confidence and hard work
   • Communication skills

2. 2Strategic orientation

   • Turning the vision into reality
   • Setting goals
   • Building alliances
   • Attracting talent
   • Managing risk

3. 3Professionalism

   • Time management
   • Financial management
   • Effective administration
   • Public relations

4. 4Innovation

   • New approaches and technologies
   • Operational innovation
   • Product and service innovation
   • Added value

5. 5Business results

   • Revenue and net profit growth
   • Financing capability
   • Growth in employees, clients, capital and technology

How we prepare you for this category

1. 1

   We build the personal nomination file from scratch: the professional history, the achievements summary and the future plans, within the page limit the award sets.

2. 2

   We turn your success story into evidence: each of the five criteria gets figures and documented proof, not general description.

3. 3

   We prepare a business-results presentation covering at least three years: revenue, profit and growth in employees and clients.

4. 4

   We run a simulated jury interview before the real one.

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