Recognition of Newly Selected High Impact Companies -
 
• Gazelle Companies: are at least four years old, have an annual growth rate of at least 20% for each of the last three years and have at least $1 million in annual revenues for the last three years with a positive operating profit.
 
• Renaissance Companies: are at least ten years old… have been in a state of rapid growth of at least 10% within the last four years and are undergoing significant change in management or leadership structure: gaining a large new client, entering into a new market, or launching a new product or service.
 
• Enabling Companies: are strategically important companies that provide a vital product or service that has the proven ability to enable fast growth in other businesses.

Announcement of the Vogt Award Winners -One of the very last civic contributions Henry Vogt Heuser Sr. made to Louisville before his passing in 1999 was the creation of a $5 million endowment to inspire and support inventors and innovators.
 

Over the last 10 years, the Vogt Awards have invested more than $1.5 million into 19 companies. The selection process is rigorous as the award enables up to $250,000 in grant money to help get an invention or idea off the ground.

Presentation of the ICC Client of the Year Award - The selection for ICC Client of the Year is made based upon the company hitting one or more of the following milestones:
 
• Raising a significant round of funding or having a successful liquidity event
 
• Making a major technological breakthrough
 
• Hiring a large number of highly-skilled employees

Click here for the full list of 2011 Signature Event Award Winners.