Hospodářské noviny Awards

• to support business and entrepreneurs in the Czech Republic
• to promote the business profession and increase its prestige
• to address a large number of SME subjects in the Czech Republic through marketing
• to create a functional channel to SME
• to establish a basis for setting a hitherto non-existent benchmark
• to create a dignified platform for the discussion of entrepreneurs’ problems

ENTRANCE CONDITIONS

Zlaté stránky.cz Entrepreneur of the Year 2010

• entrepreneur business in the Czech Republic according to applicable laws and is the owner of a valid Trade Certificate
• entrepreneur does not register a tax arrears
• entrepreneur was convicted of an offense, the facts of the case related to the business of competing or of an offense against property
• entrepreneur is not payable in arrears on Premium and the penalty for public health instance and the penalty on Social Security and contribution to the state employment policy

Vodafone Company of the Year 2010

• company operates in the Czech Republic in accordance with applicable laws and is registered in the Commercial Register and company has at least two accounts of the history
• turnover does not exceed the thresholds of 1.4 billion CZK
• the assets of the company was declared bankrupt or has been taken in bankruptcy proceedings or compensation, is not in liquidation
• does not register a tax arrears
• statutory agent has been convicted of an offense, the facts of the case related to the business of competing, or of an offense against property
• company has outstanding insurance payable and the penalty for public health instance and the penalty on Social Security and contribution to the state employment policy

Each company or entrepreneurs whose met the entrance requirements can register for the contest:

THE REGISTRATION

The registration for the competition runs from th April 2010 till 30th June 2010. The registration process is running in two steps:

Registration for the competition – step 1:

The registration form contains the basic identification data, including full name of the company or entrepreuner, business ID number and connection to contact person. Everyone interested can can make on-line registration on the www.firmaroku.cz or www.zivnostnikroku.cz or fill in the printed form.

The partners offered the participants the free initial benefits for their registration.

Registration for competition the – step 2:

After the required data have been sent and processed by the organiser of the competition, each candidate for the competition receives its own user name and password for a personal file on www.firmaroku.cz and www.zivnostnikroku.cz.
For the participation in the competition is necessary to complete the second part of the registration form, which is located in the personal file. The second step of registration can also be performed in printed form.

In step 2, these data are required of those interested in participation in the competition Vodafone Company of the Year 2010: assets, current assets, own capital, short-term liability, revenues, gross profit (profit before tax), personnel costs and number of employees.

In the case of the competition Zlaté stránky.cz Entrepreneur of the Year 2010, in the second step competitors had to describe his/her business story (how they differed from the competition in terms of their business, marketing and sales activities, in particular from the aspect of originality, functionality and complexity of solution).

Fully and correctly completed applications are sent for further assessment.

PRE-ROUND ASSESMENT

Zlaté stránky.cz Entrepreneurs of the Year 2010
In every Czech region, the 10 small businesses with the most attractive business story, are nominated by the initial committee made up of experts to proceed to the regional rounds (address given in the Trade Certificate is determinative).

In the Vodafone Company of the Year 2010 contest, ten candidates with the highest score in every Czech region (according to the registered adress in the Commercial Register) proceed to regional rounds. On the basis of the economic data submitted, are calculated the key indicators of profitability, liquidity, indebtedness and productivity of work. These indicators are converted into the SCORE (the weights are equal), which stipulated the ranking of the competitors in each group/region, using the median method.

A conversion to a comparable base is carried out on the basis of the frequency of the individual values for all the competitors, and deviations from this value in such a way that the highest frequency (benchmark) obtained 100 points, the minimum value zero points and the maximum value 200 points. This means that the absolute total number of points awarded is 2,000.

REGIONAL ROUNDS

The regional rounds assesment

Zlaté sránky.cz Entrepreneur of the Year 2010:
The professional jury assesses ten most interesting business stories nominated by the entrance committee on the basis of completed initial information and questionnaires in personal cards. In particular, the originality, the idea and the overall concept of the business is judged.

Vodafone Company of the Year 2010:
The jurors obtain registration cards that provided basic information about the competitors (the name of the competing company, its business identification number, a link to a web presentation, the achieved score as given by the economic indicators and a description of the activity that the company carries out). In addition, they are provided with information about the rating of each of the competitors in the given region. The “MSP rating” is prepared free for the competitors by the Economic Chamber in Prague. When judging the candidates, the jury assessed both economic and non-economic indicators. In the case of the economic indicators, the achieved score and the rating of the contester are taken into account [50%]. In assessing the non-economic indicators the decisive criteria are in particular originality, functionality and the comprehensiveness of the solution. At regional level, the jurors evaluate the contributions of the companies for the region in which they operate.

Nationwide final assesment

Zlaté sránky.cz Entrepreneur of the Year 2010:
This year once again the public will decide for the title of Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 via SMS voting. The SMS campaign will begin on October 22th and the public can vote for their favourites until midnight of November 21st 2010.
The public will vote via SMS messages sent to the number 900 11 04 in the following form: ZIV space and then the code of the finalist. The price of one SMS is CZK 4 including VAT and the service is technically administered by Advanced Telecom Services s.r.o.

Vodafone Company of the Year 2010:
The Vodafone Company of the Year 2010 winners in the Czech Republic are chosen by a jury composed of experts and competition partners. The regional winners wanting to succeed had to interest the jury –in particular through the originality, functionality and comprehensiveness of the solutions provided by their company. The jury for the final will meet with their representatives on November 11th to make its decision. During this session it has available the personal cards of the companies, the ratings, the videoshots of the companies, but first of all the personal presentations by top managers of the companies. The voting of the jury is secret and the final results remains deposited with a notary until the evening of the final, which is set for November 11th 2010.

PARTNERS

Promoter: Hospodářské noviny (Daily)
Title partners: Vodafone Czech Republic, Zlaté stránky (Mediatel)
Partners: Raiffeisenbank
Partner of the regional rounds: CEZ
Media partners: CRo-1 (Czech Radio), CT 24 (Czech TV)
Quarantee: Czech Chamber of Commerce, Association of Medium and Small-sized Entreprises and Crafts of the Czech Republic
Organiser: Bison&Rose

CONTACT

Organiser:

Bison & Rose, s.r.o. 
Ovenecká 9 
170 00 Prague 7
tel.: +420 233 014 080
fax: +420 233 352 591
e-mail: info@firmaroku.cz

Contact for press:

Michal Kaderka
tel.: +420 233 014 015
fax: +420 233 352 591
gsm: +420 777 771 084
e-mail: press@firmaroku.cz