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The 2013 Small Business Awards Winners

The U.S. Small Business Administration congratulates the following recipients:

SCORE Chapter of the Year
Jim Lewis, Chair
SCORE Chapter 120

SBDC of the Year
Russell Wyrick, Director
Best Southwest SBDC

Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year
Andrew Nguyen
Honor Courage Committment (HCC)

Women in Business Champion of the Year
Cathy W. Dougherty
Doughtery Sprague Environmental, Inc.

Financial Services Champion of the Year
James C. Kahler
First United Bank

Minority Small Business Champion of the Year
(Also Regional Winner)
Royalyn Reid
Consumer & Market Insights

Family-Owned Business of the Year
Bobbie & Robbie Shoults
Bear Creek Smokehouse

8(a) Graduate of the Year
Alvaro Nunez, Jr.
Benco Construction Services

Small Business Exporter of the Year
Dr. Kevi Le & Tom Le
Luraco Technologies, Inc.

Small Business Person of the Year
John R. Ahearn
Overhead Door Company

SBDC Business Advising

We provide each client with the appropriate level of assistance to meet his or her business needs. Many professionals and agencies work with the North Texas Small Business Development Centers to provide specialized business advising for our clients.

Each center has a director, staff members, volunteers and part-time personnel. Qualified individuals recruited from professional and trade associations, the legal and banking community, academia, chambers of commerce and the Service Corps Of Retired Executives (SCORE) are among those who donate their services.

Knowledgeable business advisors are assigned to address a wide range of business concerns:

Management Issues
Marketing
Business Problem Solving
Loan Requirements
Business Expansion
Buying or Selling a Business
Business Startup
International Trade
Government Contracting
Intellectual Property Protection
Environmental Regulation Compliance
Technological and Manufacturing Assistance
Many others

Clients should schedule appointments with a business advisor at the appropriate center: See our map to find the center serving your county.

NTSBDC is an Accredited Member of the Association of Small Business Development Centers.

SBDCs are a program supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration and extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. SBA cannot endorse any products, opinions or services of any external parties or services. En Español.

A partnership program of the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Bill J. Priest Institute of El Centro College, a division of the Dallas County Community College District.