The Business Start-Up Award is the ‘Award for New Star ‘in business development. Since 2002, there are 184 award winners during 13 years of running. According to our follow up information, 16 companies, after winning the award, became stock published; 38 companies won either the National Outstanding award, the SME Innovation Research Award or the Rising Star award; and 30 other companies earned venture capital investment or merged by large corporations. These show the superior competitiveness and market recognition of the award winning companies.

This year, we would like to welcome companies that established within 5 years (after and including 2010/Jul/1) and meets the SME recognition standards to join the competition. Please send in your application during 2015/May/1 to 2015/Jul/1 (by post stamps).

Please see the attachment for application guideline and send all related documents to “The Business Start-Up Award Committee”(6F., No.95, Sec. 2, Roosevelt Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106, Taiwan (R.O.C.)to complete your application

Qualification-
Companies that established within 5 years (after and including 2010/Jul/1) and meets the SME recognition standards
Date-
During 2015/May/1 to 2015/Jul/1 (by post stamps).
Target Business-
Self-developed innovative product, technique, process or service (including technical service, knowledge service and operation service) and has been commercialized or in production (application).

Award and Prize
The award has four categories: High-Tech Industry, Traditional Industry, Knowledge Service and Microbusiness. Each category will have top three winners who will receive cash prize, a trophy and a winning certificate.
一、Cash prize NTD $300,000
二、Cash prize NTD $200,000
三、Cash prize NTD $100,000

Evaluation：
(一)Organization Segmentation(Weight 20%)
1.Corporate operational goal, area of profession and vision
2.Introduction of operation team
3.Layout of intellectual property and means of operation

(二)Operational Innovation (Weight 30%)
1.Innovativeness of product/service
2.Core competitiveness of operational strategy and competitiveness
3.Characteristic of operational management and variance comparison with competitor
4.RD investment and planning

(三)Marketing (Weight 35%)
1.Target market analysis and marketing strategy
2.Marketing channel planning and execution.
3.Sales figure and development potential on both oversea and domestic markets

(四)Financial Management (Weight 15%)
1.Financial planning and risk management strategies
2.Financial structure and prediction (2015~2017)
*Note：CSR(Extra credit)
In order to encourage CSR and creating a gender equality environment, if the applicant meets any of the following : ‘creating a gender equality working environment’,’ hiring of the disabled’, ‘environmental protection’, ‘using of electronic uniform invoice’,‘increase employment opportunity’ and ‘enhancing employee benefit and payroll’, an extra 0.5 point will be earn till maximum of 3 points.

Remarks
1.Please organize your application into orders as “Application Cover Page”, “General Information”, ‘Extract”, “Vision and Current Operation (up to 50 pages) and “Attachments”.
2.Please type out all documents in A4 size and stapled. (Please do not uses clear plastic file bags)
3.Please prepare 4 copies and one original file (total of 5) and marked the original file.
4.Please include a DVD (include all content of the application and 5 photos of product/service/operation team)
5.The application file and documents will not be returned to the applicant, please keep a spare copy before sending in your application.
“Business Start-Up Award ”Homepage ：http://sme.moeasmea.gov.tw/startup/modules/funding/detail/?op=intro&sId=21

The Business Start-Up Award Committee
TEL : 02-2366-0812#326 Ms. Hsu/#323 Mr. Ho