Prizes

This year’s Smarta 100 won’t just get their hands on the kind of publicity money can’t buy but some fantastic prizes too, including a £10,000 award for the overall winner.

• £10,000 grand prize for O2 Smarta 100 business of the year
• A mentoring session with former Dragon Doug Richard, MOBOs founder Kanya King and three hours of mentoring with Simon Devonshire, Head of SMB for O2 and Sharon Pickford, Head of SMB Marketing for O2
• 12 months’ subscription worth £360 for all of the Smarta 100
• A new iPad for the winner of the Best use of Resources category, sponsored by
• £1,000 worth of training from
  Mentor.

The Smarta 100 will be selected by a heavyweight entrepreneurial judging panel including King of Shaves’ Will King, Bebo founder Michael Birch, PR guru Lynne Franks, TV’s Sarah Beeny, creator of MySingleFriend.com and Tepilo.com and Simon Devonshire, Head of SMB for O2, who co-founded the social enterprises One Water and Global Ethics.

The overall winner will then be voted for by the public and announced at the awards ceremony at the Indigo O2, alongside special awards for best of use of technology, resources, marketing, people and ethics.

Prizes for these categories include an iPad 2 for the best use of resources category, sponsored by Viking, and £1,000 worth of training by RBS Mentor for the winner of the People Award.