SBA Opens Nominations for 2025 National Small Business Week Awards
2024年8月20日 - 1:42AM
Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the
U.S.
Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President
Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 34 million small
businesses, opened nominations (video) for the 2025 National Small
Business Week (NSBW) Awards. For more than 60 years the SBA has
been uplifting small businesses in America, and the annual NSBW
awards recognize the exemplary achievements, triumphs,
contributions, and resilience of SBA-assisted individuals and
businesses that help to drive the American economy.“From corner
shops to innovation hubs, American entrepreneurs create jobs,
invent and provide crucial products and services to their
communities, and help define the neighborhoods they serve,” said
Administrator Guzman. “The SBA is proud to celebrate
National Small Business Week each year to lift up the best of that
American entrepreneurial spirit and recognize the many essential
contributions all of our small businesses make to our nation.”To
nominate a small business owner in your area and download related
forms, criteria, and guidelines, visit sba.gov/nsbw. All
nominations must be submitted electronically by 4 p.m. ET on Dec.
5, 2024. National awards will be presented during the NSBW awards
ceremony in Washington, D.C., on May 4- 5, 2025. The SBA’s
signature award during NSBW is the Small Business Person of the
Year. A business owner from each of the 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam is
selected for individual State SBPOTY winner awards and the state
award winners will compete for the 2025 National Small Business
Person of the Year title. Nominations will be accepted for the
following award categories:
- Small Business
Exporter of the Year
- Small Business
Investment Company of the Year
- SBIC Emerging
Manager
- SBIC Established
Manager
- Phoenix Awards for
Disaster Recovery:
- Phoenix Award for
Small Business Disaster Recovery
- Phoenix Award for
Small Business Disaster Recovery - Mitigation
- Phoenix Award for
Outstanding Contributions to Disaster Recovery, Public
Official
- Phoenix Award for
Outstanding Contributions to Disaster Recovery,
Volunteer
- Federal Procurement
Awards:
- Small Business Prime
Contractor of the Year
- Small Business
Subcontractor of the Year
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Awards for Excellence (for large prime contractors who use small
businesses as suppliers and contractors)
- 8(a) Graduate of the
Year
- Awards to SBA
Resource Partners:
- Small Business
Development Center (SBDC) Excellence and Innovation Center
Award
- S.C.O.R.E. Chapter
of the Year
- Women’s Business
Center of Excellence Award
- Veterans Business
Outreach Center of the Year
- Surety Bond Agent of
the Year
For local area contact and other related information, visit
online at
https://www.sba.gov/national-small-business-week/district-office-awards.
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About National Small Business WeekEvery year since 1963,
the President of the United States has issued a proclamation
announcing National Small Business Week, which recognizes the
critical contributions of America's entrepreneurs and small
business owners have made in their communities and neighborhoods.
More than half of Americans either own or work for a small
business, creating about two out of every three new jobs in the
U.S. each year. As part of National Small Business Week, the U.S.
Small Business Administration takes the opportunity to highlight
the impact of outstanding entrepreneurs and small business owners
from all 50 states including U.S. territories. Every day, they’re
working to grow small businesses, create good jobs, drive
innovation, and increase America’s global competitiveness. To learn
more, visit www.sba.gov/nsbw.
About the U.S. Small Business Administration The U.S.
Small Business Administration helps power the American dream of
business ownership. As the only go-to resource and voice for small
businesses backed by the strength of the federal government, the
SBA empowers entrepreneurs and small business owners with the
resources and support they need to start, grow, expand their
businesses, or recover from a declared disaster. It delivers
services through an extensive network of SBA field offices and
partnerships with public and private organizations. To learn more,
visit www.sba.gov.
Christine Saah Nazer
U.S. Small Business Administration
202-756-0304
Christine.SaahNazer@sba.gov