Your customer or the small business you trade with may be our next winner. Take a good look around your local community - for a winning business owner or for individuals who are small business advocates. The individuals who are nominated in November will compete first on a statewide basis. The Small Business Person of the Year winner will represent the state in the national competition. All other small business and advocate state winners will compete in the southeast region.
Regional winners go on to enter the national competition.
All material is handled as confidential. Final tabulation of the judging is completed by the SBA SC District Office. Winners' nomination packages are then forwarded for Regional and Nationwide competition. May. During the official Small Business Week in June, finalists in the competitions are honored in our Nation's Capitol with ceremonies ending at the White House. Any individual who owns and operates or bears principal responsibility for operating a small business may be nominated.