Nominations Now Open for Annual Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards

The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the 20th Annual Entrepreneurial Excellence, or E-Day, Awards. The deadline to nominate is September 7, 2011. Nominate a growing entrepreneur or small business person in your network.

Nominations are open for nine different awards: Small Business Person of the Year, Entrepreneurial Success, Small Business Advocate, Small Business Exporter, Young Entrepreneur, Minority or Woman Owned Business, Emerging Small Business, Small Business Journalist and Family Owned Business of the Year.

The E-Day Awards are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year with the launch of the Leadership Symposium and the Alumni Club. Past recipients of any of the above awards are encouraged to register online to become a part of the Alumni Club. Sponsorship is now available as well for the event.

Winners of the E-Day awards and Alumni Club members will be announced and recognized November 17, 2011 at the EDay Awards Luncheon, featuring keynote speaker Mitch Lowe, President of the DVD rental company Redbox.

Nominations are accepted online or can be mailed directly to the SBDC, 9800 Connecticut Drive in Crown Point, IN. For more information on the event, to nominate or for sponsorship information, visit www.edayleaders.com or call the SBDC at (219) 644-3513.

Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly is proud to be a 2011 media sponsor for the Northwest Indiana SBDC's Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards.  Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly is celebrating our 20th anniversary as NWI's leading business magazine since 1991.