Welcome to the 2016 Hi-Tech Awards entry form for the Duncan Cotterill Most Innovative
Hi-Tech Software Product category.
All entries must be submitted via the online entry portal accessible on the
NZ Hi-Tech Awards website: www.hitech.org.nz
The entry form is broken into a number of sections which can be completed at any time up
until the close of entries at 5pm on Monday 7th March 2016.
You are able to add information to your entry at any time and save for future use. However,
please DO NOT close your browser as that might result in your data being lost.
Once you have completed your entry you will need to "submit" your entry. The submission of
your entry is final and no changes will be able to be made after this time.
If you have questions at any time, please don't hesitate to email us at info@hitech.org.nz or
call us on 09 984 4140.
Please enter the details of the key contact at your organisation for this entry i.e. the person
most likely to represent you should you become a finalist. This will most likely be your CEO.
Judging Criteria
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The winner of this category will be recognised as a company that has
commercialised a software product.
This may be a unique product or one that is built on an existing application or
technology framework.
The product may be hosted locally, in the cloud or delivered as software as a service.
The software product must offer a clear value proposition to the customer and be
shown to be unique or able to be clearly differentiated from the competition.
The winner will either
o have taken to market completely new and original IP and made the first sale
within the last calendar year (2015), or
o can demonstrate significant and unique further development (new IP) of an
existing product — in the last calendar year (2015) — and made the first sale
of the enhanced product within 2015.
Entrants are expected to demonstrate how their software product positions the
company for sustainable future growth and business success.
Your company must be headquartered in New Zealand.
NOTE – If your software:
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Is embedded in a hardware product or requires a specific hardware device to operate
it should be entered in the Hardware category.
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Is gaming related or is targeting the creative services sector then it may be better
placed in the Creative category.
 Targets a primary industry or public sector related audience then it may be better
placed in the related categories.
If you are not certain if this category is the correct one to enter, please email us at
info@hitech.org.nz or call us on 09 984 4140.
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1. Contact Details
Please enter the details of the key contact at your organisation for this entry i.e. the person
most likely to represent you should you become a finalist. This will most likely be your CEO.
Note: All communication related to the awards, including an email confirming the entry has
been received, will be delivered to the contact details below.
1A
Contact Name
1B
Role
1C
Email address
1D
Phone number
2. Company Profile
2A
In no more than 100 words, please describe your company. This description should relate to
your business in the context of the Most Innovative Hi-Tech Software Product Award
2016 category. Should you become a finalist in 2016, the NZ Hi-Tech Awards reserves the
right to publish this profile in documentation relating to the Awards programme and any
potential media coverage.
Note: This is the only part of the entry that may be made public.
3. Your Offering
3A
Describe the software product you offer with specific reference to the role technology has to
play. You may include a photograph, diagram, screenshot or graph (to be uploaded below)
Limit 3000 characters
3B
Supporting information about your offering in the form of a photograph, diagram, screenshot,
brochure, infographic, graph, etc.
The file must be in one of the following formats: gif, jpeg, jpg, png, doc, docx or pdf. The
maximum file size is 10MB.
Please attach the required document
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3C
If your entry is based on the enhancement of an existing product, please describe what
innovation or significant additional functionality you have added to the product in 2015.
Limit 3000 characters
4. Market (opportunity, customers & competition)
4A
Describe the market opportunity that your software product is designed to address and what
is unique about your software in that market.
Limit 3000 characters
4B
Who are your customers? How do you find, retain, and grow paying customers? How will
you sustain your growth in paying customers?
Limit 3000 characters
4C
Outline the competitors in your market and your strategy for protecting and expanding your
position.
In your answer discuss how your offering will maintain a competitive advantage in your
selected market, and what differentiates you from your competitors.
Limit 3000 characters
5. Performance
5A
Describe your software’s commercial (and other) success to date (or, if this is a further
development of an existing software product, specifically identify its success since the new
IP has been developed).
Please include how many sales made to date, how many customers (how many paying
customers, if different), customer growth over last 12 months, FY15 revenue and forecast
FY16 revenue, and distribution channels. You may include one additional resource to
support your response. Please enter the URL to access this resource below (5B).
Limit 3000 characters
5B
Please enter one URL to an additional resource:
5C
Outline what returns you are delivering for existing investors and what makes you clearly
investable for potential new investors.
Limit 3000 characters
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6. People
6A
How do you, and how will you, attract the key people – advisors, governance, staff,
suppliers, and partners (where relevant) – to sustainably grow the company?
Outline the key personnel and list profiles of the team you have built around your company,
including investors, mentors etc. Describe, or use a diagram to illustrate, how your
organisation is structured (to be uploaded below).
Limit 3000 characters – not including words used in the diagram
6B
Please upload a document including a diagram/illustration of your organisation structure
(include governance, mentors, advisors, etc.).
The document must be either a jpeg or pdf with a maximum file size of 10MB.
Please attach the required document
7. Please confirm that the following criteria have been met
7A
The company is headquartered and registered in New Zealand.
Yes
7B
You have made at least one sale of the software product as described in this application, for
calendar year ending 31 December 2015, other than to family, friends and shareholders.
Yes
7C
Please upload evidence to confirm that you have made this sale.
You can upload up to 5 documents. Each file must be in one of the following formats: gif, jpeg,
jpg, png, doc, docx or pdf. The maximum file size is 10MB.
Please attach the required documents
7D
I confirm that I am not aware of any issues* which would harm the integrity of the Hi-Tech
Awards 2016.
*Applicants confirm that there are no issues that may harm the integrity of the Awards.
These issues may include past, pending or anticipated actions involving directors and or
shareholders or the company which have resulted, or would result, in the company’s insolvency,
or conviction for a serious offence.
Yes
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8. Previous Entry
Has this company previously entered this category of the NZ High Tech Awards?
This information is for the organisers reference only and will not impact the judges’ decision.
Yes
No
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9. Terms and Conditions
1. Your entry must be submitted to the Hi-Tech Awards Ubiquity Entry Portal by 5.00pm,
Monday 7th March 2016. If you do not receive acknowledgement that it has been
received within 24 hours please email info@hitech.org.nz
2. The NZ Hi-Tech Trust reserves the right to reject any entry.
3. Your company must be headquartered in New Zealand.
4. Entrants must be available to take part in face-to-face panel judging on Wednesday 20th
April 2016.
5. Your written entry must not exceed the stated word or character limit.
6. Entries in this category will be assessed by a joint panel of local and international judges.
7. All entries are received and judged in strict commercial confidence. Judges operate
under a non-disclosure agreement and declare any conflict of interest prior to judging a
category. Once entries close, the judges will receive a full list of entrants in their category
to once again declare any conflicts of interests before receiving the actual entries.
8. All entrants are asked to attend one of the Entrants Cocktail events held simultaneously
in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch on Wednesday 30th March 2016. All entrants
are advised to ensure that they are available to attend the Awards Dinner to be held in
Auckland at the ANZ Viaduct Events Centre on Friday 20th May 2016.
9. In submitting this entry you are confirming that:
i.
The information submitted is correct.
ii.
The NZ Hi-Tech Trust will not be held responsible for any loss or damage
incurred to the entry either in transit or whilst in its possession.
iii.
No information has been omitted or misrepresented; through which omission or
misrepresentation may materially diminish the standing of the NZ Hi-Tech
Awards or affect the judging of an award category. (In particular, that there are no
known financial or legal issues associated with the entrant at the time of entry.)
iv.
All rights and clearances with regard to any third parties or any third-party
intellectual property associated with this entry have been obtained.
v.
You have read and agreed to the Terms and Conditions outlined above.
9A
We agree to the Terms & Conditions
Yes
9B
As an entrant to the Hi-Tech Awards, we would like to offer you a free one-hour consultation
with marketing firm Swaytech. Please tick this box if you would like the Swaytech team to
contact you.
Yes
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Thank you for completing your entry for the Duncan Cotterill Most Innovative Hi-Tech
Software Product Award 2016 category.
Finalists will be announced at the Entrants Events being held on Wednesday 30 March in
Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch with winners announced at the Gala Dinner in
Auckland on Friday 20th May.
The Entrants Events on Wednesday 30 March run from 5.30pm – 7pm simultaneously in
Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. As an Entrant for the 2016 NZ Hi-Tech Awards you
are able to send two people to these events.
We wish you all the best with your entry.
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