Small Business Awards

Hawaii Business is looking for the best small businesses in the state. 
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 Small Business Success Awards.

Winners will be recognized at an event in early 2010 and will be featured in the February 2010 issue of Hawaii Business.

If you know a compelling story about a Hawaii-based business with fewer than 100 employees, Hawaii Business wants to know about it. The small business could be a great story for any number of reasons: rapid sales growth, a unique product, notable longevity, overcoming an unusual challenge or executing a dramatic turnaround.

Nominate a business in any one of these categories:

• Lifetime Achievement - A businessperson or partnership that has exemplified long-term success.
• Export-oriented
• Innovation (not necessarily "technology"; innovation can be achieved in different ways)
• Family Owned
• Community Service
• Best New Business (less than 5 years old)

Judging of the nominated businesses will be by the following panel:

John Butler - UH Family Business Center
Su Au Doyle - Executive Director, Aloha United Way
Eddie Flores - President, L&L Hawaiian BBQ
John Holman - Director, Pacific Islands, U.S. Commercial Services, Hawaii Export Assistance Center
Lisa Maruyama - Pres. and CEO, HANO
Dennis Teranishi - Pres. and CEO, Hawaiian Host
Jim Tollefson - President, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii
Susan Yamada - Executive Director, UH Shidler College of Business: Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship
Beverly Creamer - Hawaii Business magazine, Senior Writer
Shara Enay - Hawaii Business magazine, Writer

NOMINATION DIRECTIONS:

• Complete the form below
• Submit the form including a detailed description of the business’s accomplishments of no more than two pages online or by postal mail to:

    Small Business Success Awards
    Hawaii Business
    1000 Bishop St., Ste. 405
    Honolulu, HI 96813

Please address any questions to stevep@hawaiibusiness.com or call Editor Steve Petranik at (808) 534-7584.

SELF NOMINATIONS ARE WELCOME!

Disclaimer: The nominee must be headquartered in Hawaii and have fewer than 100 employees.

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Small Business Success Awards form

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*Nominator's first name
*Nominator's last name
*Nominator's phone #
*Nominator's email address
Nominator's company name
Nominator's title
Nominator's address

BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE NOMINATED SMALL BUSINESS

CATEGORY* (check all that apply)	Lifetime Achievement   Innovation   Export-oriented   Family Business   New Business   Community Service   I'm not sure which one is applicable
*Company name
Address
City
State
Zip
Phone #
Fax #
Web site
# of full-time employees in 2008/2009, if known:
Year established in Hawaii:

 
*Type of business (list in order of importance):


 Company services or specialties (list in order of importance):


 Any awards recently won by company or employees (list in order of importance):


*Full names of all owners:

*Prefix:
*First Name:
*Last Name:
Suffix:
*Title:
*Phone #
*E-mail address

Main Contact
*Prefix:
*First Name:
*Last Name:
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*Title:
*Phone #
*E-mail address

Please use the space below for a detailed description of no more than two pages of why this company is a Small Business Success. Reasons may include: rapid sales growth, a unique product, notable longevity, overcoming an unusual challenge or executing a dramatic turnaround. (If you are printing out this form to send to us by mail, please attach your detailed description on separate pages.)



Please check your answers before submitting this form.  Form submission does not guarantee an award.

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