Global 2018 - Director Awards
| Award | Director(s) | Description |
| Director of the year award | Brian Park | Best overall director (Ticket Sales, Speakers, Sponsorships, etc) |
| Lifetime Acheivers Award | Chris Joannou | Over 5 years in Startup Grind |
| Rookie of the Year | Denise Matthews, Jacob Wayman, Jontsing Zhang | Someone who started at end of year, and did great |
| Most Inspiring | Uwem Uwemakpan | Overcomes the largest obstacles |
| LionHeart Award | Roy Rao, Erik Walenza-Slabe | Represents the soul of the company |
| Constantly Awesome Award | Patrice Perkins, Ryan Frederick | Strong & Steady - around for a while |
| Most Fun To Work With | Sergiu Maznic | Someone like G ;) |
| Hunter Award | Arzish Azam, Jimena Gallegos | The person who brings the most referrals (new Directors) |
| Social Media Award | Hanane Ait Aissa | The person who is killing it on Twitter/FB etc. |
| 1% Award | Colin Donohue, David Butler | Contributes a lot online (Slack) |
| 100% Award | Ryan, Rich Foreman, Alex, Sandras & Marian | Over 1 year old and never missed an event |
| Money Bags Award | James McKinney, Christina Kehoe | Brings in the most sponsorships |
| Largest Party Award | Shahar Mantorin |
Hosted largest party in 2017 |
| Best Dressed | Phin Mpofu | The person who always dress to impress |
| Best Stage | Shengxiang Li | The director who had the most impressive stage |
| Ultimate Grinder | Rich Foreman | Hosted more events than anyone else |
| Scrooge | Marian Gazdik | Get the most money out of their attendees (highest ticket price) |
| Nxt LvL Award | Alex RodrÃguez Bacardit, Pablo Lascurain, Mark Bavisotto | Those that hosted Regional Conferences |