Nominate a Great Small Business for 2019 SBA Awards

The U.S. Small Business Administration is now accepting nominations for its 2019 Hawaii SBA Small Business Awards, including the annual Small Business Person of the Year.

Guidelines for nominations and evaluation criteria are available at the District Office at (808) 541 2990 or hawaiigeneral@sba.gov or at the Hawaii SBDC webpage, www.hawaiisbdc.org.  All nominations must be submitted no later than 4 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. All nomination packages must be hand delivered or mailed to the nearest SBA Office. Email submissions of SBA Awards forms will not be accepted as they contain personally identifiable information (PII).

Access and print the nomination forms using the category links below.

• Small Business Person of the Year
• Small Business Exporter of the Year
• Family Owned Small Business of the Year
• Young Entrepreneur of the Year
• Entrepreneurial Success of the Year
• Small Business Advocate of the Year

The SBA Awards will be held on Friday May, 3, 2019 in celebration of the winners.

2018’s Best of Small Business

22 local companies and business leaders
who won this year’s SBA Hawaii awards

Small Business Person of the Year
Advocate for Business and Industry
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Exporter of the Year
Advocate for Financial Services
Advocate for Women
Family-Owned Business of the Year
Advocate for Minorities
SBA Small Business County Winners