2020 Small Business of the Year

CRITERIA
The Small Business of the Year Award will be presented to an entrepreneur for developing an outstanding, growing business,innovative product(S), increasing jobs, increasing sales, overcoming adversity, and community contributions. Any individual who owns and operates or who bears principal responsibility for operating a small business may be nominated. A small business is defined as a chamber business with less than 25 employees and must have been operating for at least two (2) years.

Complete this sentence: I am applying as Small Business of the Year because.... *

Company Profile

Give a brief overview of your facility and products sold, etc *

Financial Growth:

Discuss your history as an established business including, but not limited to,number of years in business, sustained expansion, growth in square footage and/or growth in net worth, growth in number of employees, sustained over a minimum of two years. *

Leadership & Citizenship:

Discuss your use of ethical leadership and corporate stewardship and how it has impacted the community through use of personnel or financial contributions. Include information on specific contributions of money, time, or resources to charitable causes and membership in councils, boards and clubs providing support and services to the community. *

Market Leadership:

Discuss your innovativeness of product or service offered to illustrate creativity and imagination of management. Explain how your product or service fits a niche not being adequately addressed by the competition. Include how you demonstrate outstanding customer service. *

Response to Adversity:

Give examples of challenges faced in your business and the methods used to solve them. Include a specific description of financial, physical, legal or other crisis and substantiate the threat to the continuity of your business. State the action(s) taken to resolve the crisis. *

Nominee (Name of Business) *

Owner/Operator *

Nominee Address *

Street Address
Street Address Line 2
City	State / Province
Postal / Zip Code	Country

Name of person making nomination *

First Name Last Name

This award will be presented during the Greater Statesville Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Meeting.
Annual Meeting is February 25, 2020.