A time to shine: awards celebration spotlights today's successful entrepreneurs.Once a year, BLACK ENTERPRISE recognizes the tireless efforts of today's outstanding African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. entrepreneurs, including small-business owners and top-level top-lev·el adj. 1. Of or relating to people of the highest office or rank. 2. Of or relating to the highest office or rank: a top-level job. executives at companies appearing on our BE 100s lists. Held at the Black Enterprise/ Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry. Entrepreneurs Conference, the awards highlight the achievements of people dedicated to economic empowerment em·pow·er tr.v. em·pow·ered, em·pow·er·ing, em·pow·ers 1. To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority. See Synonyms at authorize. 2. for both themselves and their communities. These awards were also created to inspire others to enter into the world of entrepreneurship en·tre·pre·neur n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. [French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise. , finance and corporate America. We are currently accepting nominations for the 2004 BE Small Business Awards. The invitation is open to the public, so anyone can nominate nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. anybody. The deadline is Jan. 16, 2004. As always, however, we request that nominees meet the following criteria: His or her business must be independently operated: at least 5 years old; 51% black-owned; generate annual revenue of at least. $250,000 (but no more than $15 million); show a pattern of increasing revenue for the two years preceding the application; and have a minimum of three employees. The only exception to this criteria is the nomination for the BE Teenpreneur Award, given to entrepreneurs 18 years of age or younger. The winners will be recognized in four categories at our BE Entrepreneurs Conference Awards Gala Dinner. Those categories include BE Emerging Company of the Year, BE Business Innovator of the Year, BE Rising Star Award, and BE Teenpreneur Award. Winners will also be featured in the magazine (see "Leading the Pack." this issue, for brief profiles of this year's winners). It isn't too late to nominate someone for an award, and it isn't too early to register to attend the Conference, scheduled for May 12-16, 2004, at. the Wyndham Anatole hotel in Dallas. For more information, visit. our Website or call 800 543-6786. |
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