Media Advisory
Contact: Lilith Anderson |
Phone: (919) 549-7500 |
Nomination Deadline for Annual Coastal Small Business Awards is Friday, May 4
June 8 Awards Breakfast Will Honor Local Entrepreneurs
May 2, 2007, Research Triangle Park, NC – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED), with its hosting partners, announced today that the nomination deadline for the 11th Annual Coastal Small Business Awards is Friday, May 4. Winners will be announced at the annual awards breakfast on Friday, June 8 at the UNCW Warwick Center.
There are several categories in which companies can compete:
- Young Entrepreneur
- Most Innovative Entrepreneur
- Emerging Entrepreneur
- Established Entrepreneur
- Burgaw Area Chamber Entrepreneur of the Year
- Greater Hampstead Chamber Emerging Business of the Year
- Pleasure Island Chamber Emerging Business of the Year
The U.S. Small Business Administration will also present the Outstanding Service to Entrepreneurs small business advocate award.
Last year’s winners were Hunter Brown of Blowing In The Wind, Richard Trio of Triovisions, Evan Folds of Progressive Gardens, and Brad Donnell of Linprint Company, plus a special Outstanding Economic Impact Award to Ken Dull of McKinley Building.
For more information on the criteria for each of these awards, and to submit a nomination for all categories, including the respective chamber awards, please go online at www.bizawards.biz. All nominations must be submitted by May 4, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.
Host sponsors for this awards event are the BCC Small Business Center, Burgaw Area Chamber of Commerce, CFCC Small Business Center, Cranfill, Sumner and Hartzog, Greater Hampstead Chamber of Commerce, Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce, SCORE, UNCW Cameron School of Business, UNCW Small Business Technology & Development Center, U.S. Small Business Administration, and the Wilmington Industrial Development Authority.
Pre-register to attend the event by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6 by visiting www.bizawards.biz. The cost to attend is $10.
For more information, contact Lilith Anderson (landerson@cednc.org).
About CED: The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1984 to identify, enable and promote high growth, high impact entrepreneurial companies and to accelerate the entrepreneurial culture of the Research Triangle and North Carolina. Headquartered in the Research Triangle with a divisional office in Wilmington, CED is the largest and oldest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 4,000 members representing over 1,100 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, seminars, workshops and programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. www.cednc.org
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