Registration, voting, and revenue-sharing guidelines.

Eligibility

• Texas resident or Texas-based business.
• Age 18 or older.
• Own or officially represent a business, brand, startup, or professional service.
• Complete the registration form and pay the $150 non-refundable entry fee.
• Agree to official competition, voting, and payout terms.

Paid Votes

Supporters purchase votes through the official platform once voting is activated. Only completed and verified payments are eligible to count. Failed, pending, refunded, disputed, reversed, duplicate, fraudulent, or charged-back transactions do not count toward final certified totals.

Voting Guidelines

• All votes must be submitted through the official voting platform.
• Paid votes are final and non-refundable except where required by law or approved for a verified technical or duplicate-payment error.
• Vote totals may be updated periodically and displayed publicly according to the competition stage.
• Artificial vote manipulation, automated voting, payment abuse, stolen payment methods, coordinated fraud, or attempts to compromise the platform may result in vote removal or disqualification.
• Contestants may promote their official voting link using ethical marketing practices.

Revenue Distribution

Grand Winner: 20% of net revenue generated from the entire competition’s eligible paid votes.

Eligible non-winners: 20% of eligible paid-vote revenue attributed to their own contestant campaign.

Net revenue: verified paid-vote revenue less payment-processing fees, documented administrative costs, refunds, disputes, and chargebacks.

Results & Certification

Public vote totals remain unofficial until reviewed and certified by the Dream Business Texas Awards Committee. Only eligible, cleared, verified, and audited paid votes are included in certified results.

Participant Compliance

By registering, participants agree to follow competition rules, uphold ethical business practices, respect voting guidelines, accept certified results, and permit approved use of their business name, logo, photos, and submitted promotional materials for competition-related promotion.