JUDGING
/// The Judges of 2024
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Sanj Surati
Tiger Heart, Digital Atelier
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Shammi Raichura
Operations Lead at Uber
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Jake Fox
Head of Startup Relations, South East Angels
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Yvonne Nagawa
Founding Member of Black Seed Ventures
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Rachel Murphy
Founder of The Grafter
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Clare Zhang
Pre-Seed Investor at Playfair Capital VC
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Deborah B. Williams
Founder and CEO of The Women’s Association
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Ade Ahmadu
Strategy and transformation professional and ex-Meta
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Akua Opong
Senior Associate at LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
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Bindi Karia
Innovation Expert, Advisor, and Venture Partner at Molten Ventures
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Stephanie Melodia
Founder, Advisor & Podcast Host
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Ashleigh Ainsley
Co-Founder of Colorintech
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Charlotte Bloom
Award-winning business growth strategist and serial entrepreneur
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Viviane Paxinos
CEO of AllBright
Bindi Karia
Innovation Expert + Advisor, Venture Partner at Molten Ventures
Mark Wright
Apprentice Winner,
Digital Marketing Specialist
/// The Judging Process
The awards have a specially curated judging panel, featuring a cross-section of business specialists, relevant to the award category. We go to great lengths to ensure each panel has both expertise and diversity, so that every entry can be assessed accurately and from a mix of viewpoints.
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/// Step 1 – Initial scoring:
The judges for each award review and independently score every entry in their allocated category on our online judging platform, paying close attention to the criteria laid out on the entry form. The highest scoring entries from Step 1 will be put through to Judging Day.
/// Step 2 – Scoring review and shortlist selection:
The judges come together on Judging Day – 16 May to discuss each entry in depth, after which, they again independently score each entry. The highest scoring entries are then shortlisted & the winners decided.
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/// The scoring:
The transparency and security of the judging process is hugely important to us. All scores are collated, verified to avoid anomalies, and then averaged to determine the winner. The Hustle Awards team supervises the judging process to identify and avoid any risk of bias and judges are asked to sign NDA’s and recuse themselves where they have a personal or professional interest.