1-800-GeeksOnTime Founder Venus McNabb Named as Finalist in 2004 Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs; The Stevies will be Presented on Oct. 22 in New York City.PHOENIX -- Venus McNabb, founder of 1-800-GeeksOnTime, was named a finalist today in the "Best Young Entrepreneur" and "Best Entrepreneur Service Business" categories of The 2004 Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs. In the course of five years, McNabb, 28, developed one of the largest privately held on-site computer service companies in the nation. With more than 750 repair persons, 1-800-GeeksOnTime provides residential and business IT solutions to customers in all 50 states. The company has earned a reputation for excellence by delivering fast, affordable service to more than 45,000 customers nationwide. The Stevie(TM) Awards for Women Entrepreneurs, www.stevieawards.com/women, is a new national awards competition recognizing the accomplishments of women small business owners in the United States. The awards are produced by the creators of the prestigious American Business Awards, hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" by the New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 (Sept. 22, 2002). According to McNabb, "It is thrilling to be named a finalist in such a prestigious competition. We set out to build a different type of service for IT solutions with 1-800-GeeksOnTime, and it's gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to receive this type of national recognition for our efforts." "The finalists for the first-ever Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs comprise the most dynamic women in business today. These entrepreneurs have accomplished innovative and extraordinary things while building their business," said Dennis Alter, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Advanta. "We congratulate all of them on their achievement." Winners will be announced on Friday, Oct. 22, at the Marriott Marquis in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's Times Square. The master of ceremonies will be Bill Rancic, spokesperson for Advanta, which is sponsoring the awards, and winner of the hit television show "The Apprentice." The Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs are governed by a board of distinguished judges & advisors that features many leading women entrepreneurs and figures in American business, including Carrie Fitzmaurice, publisher for Entrepreneur Media Inc.; Dr. Lisa Krinsky, chairman & president for SFBC SFBC Science Fiction Book Club SFBC Swiss Federal Banking Commission (Switzerland) SFBC South Florida Bible College SFBC San Francisco Bicycle Coalition SFBC South Florida Building Code SFBC South Florida Bioavailability Clinic International; and Dr. Betty Spence, president of The National Association for Female Executives  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . More than 600 nominations from small companies in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in 18 categories, including Best Entrepreneur, Best Young Entrepreneur, Best New Product and Mentor of the Year. Details about The Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs and the full list of finalists are available at http://www.stevieawards.com/women/. Background 1-800-GeeksOnTime was founded in 1999 by 22-year-old Venus McNabb. With more than 700 technicians, the company offers national on-site computer repair services for corporate and individual users. McNabb has been recognized as one of the top 12 entrepreneurs under 35 for 2003 by bizAZ magazine and was invited for membership in the International Who's Who The International Who's Who is a guidebook to notable people worldwide. It has been published annually since 1941 by Europa Publications, an imprint of Taylor and Francis. Historical Society, one of only 27 people out of 30,000 worldwide submissions to be so honored. Service can be reached by calling 1-800-GeeksOnTime (1-800-433-5766), or at the Web site, www.GeeksOnTime.com. Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ADVNB; ADVNA ADVNA Advanta Corporation (stock symbol) ) is the exclusive sponsor of The 2004 Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs, and has been committed to supporting the success of women in business for more than 50 years. Founded as Teachers' Service Organization, originally providing needs-based loans to teachers -- mostly women -- at a time when banks often did not, Advanta is now one of the nation's largest issuers of MasterCard business credit cards to America's small businesses through its subsidiary Advanta Bank Corp. Editor's note: JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. of Venus McNabb available upon request to bwpr@att.net. |
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