Nominations for SBA’s National Small Business Week Awards 2014
                     Nominations for SBA’s National Small Business 
Week Awards 2014
Jenny Knight
Writes for smb-corner.com 
Small and Medium Business Corner & 
SMB Corner
Since its establishment, the United States Small Business Administration 
(SBA) has been helping small businesses in different forms including 
financial help – loans, contracts, guarantees for loans, professional and 
other forms of assistance. SBA encourages healthy growth of small 
businesses and rewards for good performance every year. Keeping the 
convention, SBA are soliciting nominations for the awards. You could enter 
nomination by visiting SBA’s online portal: 
http://nationalsmallbusinessweek.sba.gov/ for the 2014 National Small 
Business Week Awards.
Since 1963, the National Small Business Week recognizes outstanding 
achievements of US small businesses and entrepreneurs. SBA has been 
continuing its tradition in honoring the nation’s 28 million small businesses 
for over fifty years.
During these celebrations, the following awards are also to be given:
 National Small Business Person of the Year
 Phoenix Awards
 Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year
 Small Business Subcontractor of the Year
 The Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence
 SBA 8(a) Graduate of the Year
 Exporter of the Year
 Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Excellence and Innovation 
Award
 Women’s Business Center (WBC) of Excellence Award
 Veterans Business Outreach Center Excellence in Service Award
Nominations can also be sent directly to the SBA District Offices. You can find the list 
at http://www.sba.gov/districtoffices. All nominations need to be submitted online, 
postmarked or hand delivered to the SBA on or before Friday, Jan 17, 2014.
The winners of Small Business Person of the Year and other award categories will be 
invited to Washington, D.C., to attend National Small Business Week events and to 
compete for national titles.
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