There’s something I hate about this time of the year – even more than shoveling.

I have to pester people about filling in our survey. So this post is a not-so-subtle request to fill our survey in before I start contacting people and asking them directly. I hate doing it, and really appreciate everyone who completes the survey unnagged.

You can find our survey here.

A key component of our business, the Entrevestor survey is completely confidential and super easy to complete. It takes about 3 minutes. We aggregate and analyze the data and sell the resulting report to clients, which allows us to continue to provide the community with news.

We are looking for submissions from companies that meet three criteria:

- They must be locally owned (no subsidiaries or divisions of companies based elsewhere);

- They must be commercializing proprietary technology (no web developers or service companies);

- And they must be producing at least one product for the global market.

Age is insignificant. We have a couple of companies that date back to the 1990s. We're interested in new companies, but we want active teams that are actually developing their product and business. It's got to be beyond the idea stage.

I’m soon going to begin emailing people directly. Please save us both the inconvenience and complete the survey today.