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SBA Delaware District Office Seeks Small Business Week Award Nominations

By admin November 15, 2011 Business, Community & Events, Delaware No Comments

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Delaware District Office is seeking applications for its 2012 Small Business Week Awards. The awards will be presented at SBA’s Small Business Week Awards Dinner next May in Wilmington.

The awards recognize small business owners and champions in the following categories:

Small Business Persons of the Year: Nominees for small business persons of the year must own and operate or bear principal responsibility for operating a small business, and have been in business at least three years. Partners of four our less may be nominated as a “team.” Nominees, other than Entrepreneurial Success, are not required to have received SBA assistance.

  • Small Business Person -Individual or “team”, owns, operates, bear principal responsibility.
  • Small Business Exporter – Exporting is a significant portion of the business

  • SBA Young Entrepreneur -Must not have reached the age of 30 by June 1, 2012.

  • Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business– Family-owned and operated business with at least a 15 year track record which has been passed on from one generation to the next.
  • Entrepreneurial Success Award– Small businesses developed into large businesses.

    • Small Business Champions of the Year: Small Business Champion category awards may be individuals or organizations dedicated to supporting small businesses.

  • Financial Services Champion– Advocating to increase accounting or financial services.
  • Home-based Business Champion– Advocating for home-based small businesses.
  • Minority Small Business Champion-Advocating minority entrepreneurship.
  • Veteran Small Business Champion– Advancing business opportunities for veterans.
  • Women in Business Champion– Advancing women’s business ownership.

    • Anyone is eligible to nominate a business owner or champion and self-nominations are encouraged. An independent selection committee will judge the nominations. The state winners, will be judged at the regional and national levels for possible additional recognition. The deadline for nominations is Friday, November 25, 2011.

    Please visit www.nationalsmallbusinessweek.com for details and required forms. Please send completed package to Jim Provo, 1007 N Orange St, Suite 1120, Wilmington, DE 19801. For more information on criteria or for questions, contact the SBA Delaware District Office at (302) 573-6294 x 227 or e mail james.provo@sba.gov

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