We are honored to announce that 6SensorLabs has been named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Startup of the Year - Consumer Products category in the 12th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Co-founder and CEO Shireen Yates also won a Silver Stevie® Award in the Female Entrepreneur of the Year - Consumer Products category, 11+ employees category.
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are the world’s top honors for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees and the organizations they run. All individuals and organizations worldwide are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. The 2015 awards received entries from 31 nations and territories.
Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word for “crowned,” the awards were presented to winners Friday night during a dinner event attended by more than 400 people at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.
More than 1,300 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in more than 90 categories, including Entrepreneur of the Year, Executive of the Year, Company of the Year, Startup of the Year, Women Helping Women, and Women Run Workplace of the Year, among others. 6SensorLabs won in the Startup of the Year category for consumer products. Shireen Yates also won a Silver Stevie in the Female Entrepreneur of the Year category for consumer products, 11 - 2,500 employees.
In the past year, Shireen and the team have demonstrated the market need for Nima, proven the technology and scaled it to manufacturability - leading to the patented technology in development today. Leveraging a year of market research and surveys of thousands of people, Shireen devised the ideal product for "free-from" consumers and worked with the engineering team to create a product requirement document that prioritized speed, accuracy, portability and reliability. The judges said 6SensorLabs was "simply outstanding" and that "combining a unique blend of talents to protect consumers with such a device is simply amazing."
6SensorLabs Co-founder and CEO Shireen Yates accepts the Gold Stevie Award for Startup of the Year - Consumer Products
Stevie Award winners were selected by more than 160 executives worldwide who participated in the judging process this year.
Details about the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of Stevie Award winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/Women.