Nominations are now open for the Small Business Association’s 2016 Statewide Small Business Awards! This year the Montana SBA will recognize honorees in the following categories at Manufacturing & International Trade Day next Spring: Small Business Person of the Year; Small Business Exporter of the Year; Woman-Owned Business of the Year (Montana only); Veteran-Owned Business of the Year (Montana only); and Millennial Entrepreneur–under 35 (Montana Winners in the Small Business Person and Small Business Exporter categories will represent Montana and go on to regional and possibly, national competition. Nominations in these two categories can also be submitted online at awards.sba.gov. For the other categories, the nomination criteria have been streamlined and simplified. In years past, there were multiple forms, letters and documents required.
Now the nominees are only required to submit one form and questionnaire. The deadline for submitting nominations is Monday, January 11th. Nomination guidelines and forms for all nominees are available on Montana SBA’s website, www.sba.gov/MT. •