Small Business Leader Award Nominees

After a cross country drive from New York to Seattle, where Jeff Bezos came up with the idea for Amazon.com, he founded the site from his garage. As Amazon succeeded, Bezos became a well-known dot-com…   Read More

Chris Brogan is a bestselling author of several books, including "Trust Agents", "Social Media 101" and "Google Plus for Business." Chris is also the of President of Human Business Works, a company that…   Read More

Cameka Smith is Founder of The BOSS Network and Project BOSS. BOSS stands for "Bringing Out Successful Sisters," and its mission is to promote and encourage the small business spirit in women. With a…   Read More

Sam Goldfarb (MBA & Computers Engineer) is known as an expert on using online marketing & Facebook as marketing tools for businesses. Goldfarb is the author of "Facebook For Business" on Amazon. He runs…   Read More

Brad Feld has been an investor and entrepreneur for over twenty years. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and Intensity Ventures, a company that helped launch and…   Read More

Marcella (Marcy) Shinder is Head of Global Marketing at Nielsen. She previously oversaw marketing for OPEN’s Charge products, leading programs designed to educate business owners in Card usage and…   Read More

Dr. William Silverman is the Assistant Director, Venture Initiatives. Dr. Silverman completed his Ph.D. in Physiology at UCLA Medical School and migrated into business soon after. Dr. Silverman's business…   Read More

Mike Muhney is the CEO & Co-Founder of VIPorbit Software International, Inc., a software developer focusing on the Smartphone and Tablet marketplace. Prior to co-founding VIPorbit, Mike worked as a Senior…   Read More

Reid G. Hoffman is an entrepreneur and angel investor, best known as the co-founder of LinkedIn. Hoffman was born in Stanford, California, but grew up in Berkeley, California. Hoffman's first company…   Read More