Thank you for your interest in the 2021 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in MA. A couple of notes:
  • All questions are requesting data from 2020.
  • For list inclusion, organizations must have been women-led for at least 2/3 of the 2020 calendar year.
  • The leader being nominated must be the highest-ranking executive in the MA marketplace.
  • Companies must be nominated to be considered for the list. (Self-nomination is most common.)
  • Revenue is a required field. Inclusion on the Top 100 list is determined by the top revenues; rankings are determined by a proprietary algorithm that includes other factors.

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* 1. Submitter Contact Information:

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* 2. Company Name:
(as it should be published if your company makes the Top 100 list this year)

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* 3. Location of Massachusetts Headquarters (city or town):

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* 4. Female leader's name:

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* 5. Female leader's exact title (example: CEO, President, Managing Director, Executive Director, Owner):

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* 6. If there was a change in this leadership position in 2020 or 2021, please note that and give the date.

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* 7. Business Type (Select one):

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* 8. What percentage of your company's upper management (Vice President or higher) is female?
(Please enter a numerical value for this response.)

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* 9. What percentage of your company's upper management (Vice President or higher) are women of color?
(Please enter a numerical value for this response.)

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* 10. What percentage of your organization's Board of Directors or Board of Advisors are women?
(If you do not have a board of directors or advisors, please enter N/A.)

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* 11. What percentage of your organization's Board of Directors or Board of Advisors are women of color?
(If you do not have a board of directors or advisors, please enter N/A.)

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* 12. What percentage of your total workforce are women?
(Please enter a numerical value for this response.)

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* 13. What percentage of your total workforce are women of color?
(Please enter a numerical value for this response.)

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* 14. What percentage of your total workforce is BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color)?
(Please enter a numerical value for this response.)

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* 15. Annual revenue (or operating budget for non-profit organizations) as of December 31, 2020:
**Note: this number will not be published.

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* 16. Number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees globally in 2020:

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* 17. Number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees in MA in 2020:

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* 18. What was your company's single most significant innovation in 2020?

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* 19. What is your company's most distinctive or important benefit to it's customers?

Additional / Optional Research Questions

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* 20. What impact has the COVID-19 era had on the women employees in your organization, and how has the organization reacted?

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* 21. What has your organization learned in last 12-18 months that will stick with you going forward?

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* 22. What initiatives have you utilized internally in the last 18 months that will be adopted permanently?

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* 23. What was your most significant business pivot during the pandemic?

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* 24. What rate of growth do you expect for your company in 2021-2022?

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* 25. What rate of growth do you expect for the economy of Massachusetts in 2021-2022?

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