Award Categories
This award category received the most nominations for HDO this year.
Small Business Person of the Year (18)
1 of the 5 judging criteria for SBPOY
1) Staying power — a substantiated history as an established business; including but not limited to expansion, exporting, addition of territories, or growth in square footage occupied
2) Growth in number of employees — Increases over the 3 years must be more than growth in Gross Domestic Product
3) Increase in sales, net profit, and net worth for the three prior calendar years, that is, 2019, 2020, 2021
4) Response to adversity — examples of problems faced in the business and the methods used to solve them
5) Contributions to community-oriented projects — evidence of the use of his/her personal time and resources towards community-oriented projects
The # of small businesses in the U.S, closest to the nearest million.
33 million
What organization submitted the most awards this year?
SCORE (shhhh!)
This % of Houstonians that are foreign born.
1 in 4
These are the 2 Champion Award categories for HDO this year.
Small Business Media Advocate of the Year
Small Business Community Partner of the Year
This is the Form # for the Nominee Background Form.
Form 3300
This office was created by Congress in 1976. It's mission includes conducting policy studies and economic research on issues of concern to small businesses.
The Office of Advocacy
The # of award categories HDO had this year.
8
This is the # of SBA lenders who submitted awards this year
4- a record! (Wallis, Ready Capital, PeopleFund, Texas Advantage Community Bank)
This award category received the 2nd most nominations for HDO this year.
Woman-owned business (15)
This is the # of years of Tax Returns must be submitted with nomination package.
0- not required
The celebration of National Small Business Week started in this year.
1963
2 past winners in HDO include...
(Abby/Val to verify)
This SBDC service center submitted the most nominations this year.
Prairie View A&M University
This is the name of the award for disaster recovery.
Phoenix Award
The % of small businesses that have no employees (within 5%)
81.7%
3 agencies who participated in HDO judging this year.
NASA, GSA, VA, EEOC, US Commercial Service, SBA GCBD
This is the date of this year's SCORE/SBA Awards Luncheon.
Wednesday, May 3
These are 5 of HDO's small business award categories this year.
Small Business Person of the Year
Small Business Exporter of the Year
8(a) Graduate of the Year
Minority Small Business Owner of the Year
Veteran Small Business Owner of the Year
Woman Small Business Owner of the Year
Innovation (SBIR/STTR) Recipient of the Year
Rural Small Business Owner of the Year
2 of the 3 eligibility criteria for all small business award categories.
Business located in the U.S.
In business a minimum of 3 years.
Received at least 1 type of SBA assistance.
NSBW will be celebrated on these exact dates this year.
April 30-May 6
This is the # of complete nomination packages HDO received this year.
62
1 of the 2 chambers who submitted a small business nomination this year.
LGBT Chamber
Brazoria County Hispanic Chamber