Hundreds Of Businesses Will Be Celebrated, Why Not Yours?
In April 2008, we will celebrate Small Business Week. To mark the event, as it does every year, the US Small Business Administration will recognize small business owners for the contributions they make to our nation's economy, to society and to communities across America.
Award categories include these:
Small Business Person of the Year
SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Phoenix Awards (for disaster recovery)
Women In Business Chamption of the Year
Small Business Journalist of the Year
Miniroty Small Business Chamption of the Year
State Small Business Person of the Year
… and many others.
Small business owners in all 50 states and the District of Columbia are eligible. I won one of these awards in 2003. You could too! To find out more, check out the SBA Small Business of the Year Nomination Guidelines, which contain a listing of SBA offices nationwide and phone numbers to call with questions. Deadlines are various dates in November. Good luck!