Pinnacle Small Business Awards – April 27, 2012

The Gwinnett Chamber’s 2012 Pinnacle Small Business Awards will select Gwinnett’s top entrepreneur as its Small Business of the Year as well as the top businesses in three categories (1-9; 10-99; and 100+ employees). We will also be recognizing Gwinnett’s top three non-profit organizations and their accomplishments. The overall Small Business of the Year winner will be eligible to participate in Georgia’s Small Business of the Year competition.

Do you know someone who deserves to be the Pinnacle Small Business of the Year?

Every year Small Business Week honors the estimated 27 million small businesses in America that employ more than half the country’s private work force and generate a majority of American innovations. In support of National Small Business Week, the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce honors Gwinnett’s top small businesses of the year at the Pinnacle Small Business Awards on Friday, April 27.

The Gwinnett Chamber’s 2012 Pinnacle Small Business Awards will select Gwinnett’s top entrepreneur as its Small Business of the Year as well as the top businesses in three categories (1-9; 10-99; and 100+ employees). The overall Small Business of the Year winner will be eligible to participate in Georgia’s Small Business of the Year competition. With the challenges facing small businesses today, this year’s process will focus more on the company’s response to adversity and service to the community.

 

CRITERIA

Nominee must:

  • Be a member of the Gwinnett Chamber and be headquartered within Gwinnett County
  • Have been in business a minimum of three years
  • Be the primary owner or major shareholder of the business
  • Demonstrate an increase in sales and/or unit volume over a three year period
  • Comply with the U.S. Small Business Administration’s size standards in defining a small business (Visit www.sba.gov for more information)
  • Not be a previous overall Small Business of the Year Award Winner (Top 25 Pinnacle Award winners are eligible)
Apply for The Pinnacle Small Business Award. Apply for The Pinnacle Non-Profit Award.