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To be selected as a Red Herring 100 winner or finalist is a mark of distinction and high honor. Only 200 companies are chosen as finalists out of a pool of thousands. Of those finalists we selected 100 companies as winners. To decide on these companies the Red Herring editorial team diligently surveys entrepreneurship around the globe. Technology industry executives, investors, and observers regard the Red Herring 100 lists as invaluable instruments to discover and advocate the promising startups that will lead the next wave of disruption and innovation.
Past award winners include Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com, and YouTube.
 Eligibility requirements:
Companies that apply must be headquartered in North America, must be privately held and not listed on any exchanges anywhere in the world. They must also not be previous winners of a Red Herring 100 award.
Selection Criteria:
A group of Red Herring editorial judges will review each nomination. The editors will assess nominees on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their ecosystem.
Red Herring 100 North America Award Winner benefits:
The Red Herring 100 North America companies will benefit from exclusive visibility through individual profiles featured online at RedHerring.com. Additionally, the Red Herring 100 North America award winners will have the opportunity to present at Red Herring North America 2009 before an exclusive audience of C-level entrepreneurs, corporate strategists, and over 50 venture capital funds. Finally, the Red Herring 100 North America companies will obtain invaluable recognition from technology industry executives, investors, observers and clients. Past award winners include Skype, FON, Xing, Kaspersky Labs and Last.fm.
Submissions process:
Each year, Red Herring receives a large number of submissions for its Top 100 lists. To streamline the process, we will only be accepting submissions for the Red Herring 100 North America through our on-line submission process.
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