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Entrepreneurial Awards
Small Business Person of the Year Award
This award goes to an individual or partnership who owns and operates or bears principal responsibility for the operation of a growing and successful small business.
Exporter of the Year Award
This award honors an individual who owns and operates a small business engaged in exporting.
Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
This award solutes an under 30-year-old entrepreneur who owns and/or operates a small business with a successful track record of at least three years.
Entrepreneurial Success Award
This award goes to the owner/operator of an SBA-assisted business that used SBA assistance to subsequently develop into a large business.
Family-Owned Small Business of the Year Award
This award honors a majority owner and/or operator of a successful family-owned and operated small business that has been passed on from one generation to another.
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Small Business Champion Awards
Financial Services Champion of the Year Award
This award is given to an individual who assists small businesses in obtaining financing directly or through advocacy efforts to increase the availability of accounting or financial services.
Home-Based Business Champion of the Year Award
This award goes to a person who has experienced the rewards and difficulties of home-based businesses and also volunteered to improve the climate for home-based businesses in Michigan.
Minority Small Business Champion of the Year Award
This award honors an individual who has worked tirelessly to advance the cause of minority entrepreneurship in Michigan.
Women in Business Champion of the Year Award
This award celebrates an individual who has worked to advance women's business ownership.
Michigan Small Business Counselor of the Year Award
This award goes to an outstanding small business counselor from SCORE, MI-SBTDC or WBC who repeatedly goes above and beyond the call of duty to assist the local small business community.
Small Business Journalist of the Year Award
This award goes to a journalist from any medium whose efforts increase the public understanding of small business in Michigan.
Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year Award
This award honors an individual whose efforts have notably advanced small business opportunities for veterans of the U.S. armed forces.
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The Innovation of the Year Award
This award honors a product or service developed by the applicant that earned revenue for the first time during the previous year.
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Main Street USA Best Small Business Award
This award is given to a client of the MI-SBTDC who participated in a substantial amount of MI-SBTDC programs that resulted in a positive impact on the company in areas such as access to capital, development and implementation of a strategic plan, entry into new markets, etc.
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Government Contracting Award
This award goes to a Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) of Michigan client whose efforts have helped him or her to win or come substantially closer to winning a government contract.
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Michigan 50 Companies to Watch
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is a unique awards program designed to shine the spotlight on second-stage companies. Each year the Edward Lowe foundation honors 50 second-stage Michigan companies that it feels are deserving of our attention in the years to come.
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