Small Business Expert Award Nominees

Carissa Reiniger's first business, Silver Lining Ltd., was inspired by her passion to see more small business owners making money doing what they love. At Silver Lining, Reiniger created the SLAP™…   Read More

Renee Schmidt is founder and editor of She-Bytes. SheBytes is the “IT” blog on the latest technology trends to practically improve your lifestyle. Men are generally interested in functionality (ex:…   Read More

Patricia Greene is Professor of Entrepreneurship of Babson College, where she holds the President's Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurship. She previously served as Provost, and before that as the…   Read More

Pattie Simone is a Viral Activist, Social Buzz Speaker, Journalist & serial Entrepreneur. Clients range from startups and growth-track entrepreneurs to diverse academic, corporate and entrepreneurial firms…   Read More

Steve Slaunwhite is a marketing expert, author and speaker. After earning his business degree, Slaunwhite began a career in sales and soon discovered a knack for writing teleselling scripts and sales letters.…   Read More

Hollis Thomases, a graduate of Cornell University with a BA in Social Relations, founded Havre de Grace, Maryland-based WebAdvantage.net, a specialized agency providing strategic online marketing and advertising…   Read More

Jeremiah is currently Partner of Customer Strategy at Altimeter Group, a research based advisory firm. Prior to that he was a Senior Analyst at Forrester Research focused on Social Computing for the Interactive…   Read More

EBM Direct Marketing Services LLC,a Google Certified Partner, provides digital direct marketing solutions for small and mid size businesses. The company's objective is achieving top return on investment…   Read More

Lee is founder of Artizen Coaching, and a certified coach, author, artist. Winner of a 2012 Small Business Book Award.   Read More

Siobhan has over 16 years of experience managing and developing programs in social benefit, working with non-profits, for-profits, USAID, World Health Organization, UNAIDS, World Bank, Unesco, and various…   Read More