SBA now accepting ‘19 Small Business Week award nominations 
Nominations now open for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2019 Small Business Awards! These small business awards recognize businesses and business owners across the state for their successes and contributions to their communities.
This year the Montana SBA will recognize honorees in the following categories at an award event next spring:
– Small Business Person of the Year
– Small Business Exporter of the Year
– 8(a) Graduate of the Year
– Woman-Owned Business of the Year
– Veteran-Owned Business of the Year
– Millennial Entrepreneur – under 35
– Small Business Champion
Winners in the Small Business Person, Small Business Exporter and 8(a) Graduate of the Year categories will represent Montana and go onto regional and national competition. Nomination forms can be found on the Montana SBA website at www.sba.gov/mt. The deadline for submitting nominations is January 9th.
The U.S. Small Business Administration was created in 1953 and is a Cabinet-level agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. The SBA helps Americans start, build and grow businesses, and recover from disasters. Through an extensive network of field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations, the SBA delivers its services to people throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam. •
