If you know a successful company in the Pittsburgh Airport Area, please consider nominating them for an \u201cACE Award\u201d through the Pittsburgh Airport Area Chamber of Commerce. Next Level Purchasing was the 2006 winner of the Innovative Business of the Year award and, this year, I am co-chairing the committee.<\/p>\n
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The awards include:<\/p>\n
Young Entrepreneur Award<\/strong> \u2013 Recognizes the Founder, CEO, Owner or President of a company (must be under 40 years of age) who has demonstrated strong community involvement and displayed a positive and diverse social impact on the region. They will have used technology or new business practices to move a company from early growth to some maturity. (Employs no more than 100 employees).<\/p>\n Innovative Business of the Year Award<\/strong> \u2013 Recognizes a business that has developed a new technology, innovative product or service or applied a business system or service in an innovative way. The business must be able to quantify its growth and provide a detailed explanation of the new product, service, or system. Nominee should provide description of implementing innovative solutions to achieve operational efficiency and business results. Small Business Advocate of the Year Award<\/strong> \u2013 Recognizes an individual who enhances a small business through his or her employment, community involvement or professional affiliation. This individual may work for a company that employs more than 100 employees and should be active in the community (not just networking)- making a difference!<\/p>\n Small Business Excellence Award<\/strong> \u2013 Recognizes a business started in the region who has survived for three or more years and has demonstrated the ability to overcome obstacles including access to capital, operational efficiency, control of expenses, customer loyalty and distribution of products or services.The business should also provide a historical index of growth in revenues and workforce. (Employs no more than 100 employees).<\/p>\n Do you know of a company that is deserving of one of these awards? Do them a favor and nominate them! Winning in 2006 was a great accomplishment for Next Level Purchasing and I\u2019m sure this year\u2019s winners will feel fortunate and galvanized by a victory or even a nomination.<\/p>\n Just so it\u2019s clear, because I am co-chairing the committee, Next Level Purchasing is not eligible to win. But thanks anyway if you thought of nominating us! I would simply love to see another deserving business get due recognition.<\/p>\n Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n Whitepaper Wednesday \u2013 Supply Base Localization<\/a> If you know a successful company in the Pittsburgh Airport […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"\n
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