Countdown to the Deadline for Small Business Owners to Enter Entrepreneur Magazine's Entrepreneur of 2013 Contest Presented by the UPS Store
$5,000 Prize for College Category
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magazine is calling upon business owners nationwide to enter the contest presented by The search is on from now through June 17 for three category winners challenging the status quo in business with their ideas and actions.
Past winners have inspired the next generation of engineers and scientists, designed innovative and ultra-portable audio, and turned a creative marketing technique into a new business opportunity.
Marking the contest's sixth consecutive year, Entrepreneur and The UPS Store ask small-business owners who enter to share how they're making a difference with their business by impacting their industries, employees and communities.
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The basics for qualifying in one of three categories are as follows:
Businesses in existence for at least four years with no more than 130 employees and gross sales revenue of at least $3 million in 2012 qualify for the Entrepreneur of 2013 award. The Emerging Entrepreneur of 2013 is open to companies with no more than 12 employees that posted at least $350,000 in gross sales revenue for 2012. Entrepreneurs can submit their entries at .
College students with the entrepreneurial fever get a chance to pitch their business ideas for a shot at $5,000 in startup capital. Interested students should visit . Entrants must be either an undergraduate or graduate student between the ages of 18 and 25 during the time of submission.
An expert panel of judges, including representatives from Entrepreneur's editorial department and The UPS Store, will choose the finalists.
The panel's decision will be based on several criteria, including business growth in terms of number of employees and annual gross sales revenue as well as impact on an industry, the community, employees and customers.
Entry criteria and the complete rules can be found on , or for the college contest, visit . The deadline to enter is June 17, 2013.
Last year's winners included Entrepreneur of 2012 Limor Fried of Adafruit Industries, Emerging Entrepreneur of 2012 Jason Lucash of OrigAudio, and College Entrepreneur of 2012 Bryan Silverman of Star Toilet Paper. Learn more about their businesses, read their stories and watch videos about their experiences at .
The Established and Emerging Entrepreneurs of 2013 will receive two roundtrip tickets within the continental U.S., and the College Entrepreneur of 2013 will receive $5,000 in seed money for his or her winning business concept.
In addition, all three winning entrepreneurs will be profiled in the January 2014 issue of Entrepreneur magazine. They will also be honored at an awards luncheon and ceremony in January 2014 at the sixth-annual Growth Conference and receive a gift certificate for $500 in free services at The UPS Store, a three-year subscription to Entrepreneur magazine and a selection of Entrepreneur Press books.
"The UPS Store is passionate about supporting small businesses owners," said Michelle Van Slyke, vice president of marketing and at The UPS Store. "We are excited to shine the spotlight on small business owners who deserve to be recognized for their hard work, dedication and remarkable success."
"Being recognized as the Entrepreneur of 2012 kicked off a series of amazing milestones for our company," said Limor Fried of Adafruit Industries. "We had our best month ever in terms of revenue, the most number of orders and we hired more team members. But most importantly, it put our industry as a whole into the spotlight, and that was beneficial for other companies as well."
"The contest's call for entries is hands down one of the most exciting times of the year for us. We get to see applicants from across the country come forward, showcase what they've built and give us a taste of what's next for them," says Amy Cosper, vice president and editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur magazine. "Their stories highlight the great accomplishments being made in small business and give us insight into the possibilities to come."
Watch the entry videos of past winners at .
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