Sponsored by: Centro Hispano, Chase, In Business Magazine, Madison Gas & Electric, Mid-West Family Broadcasting, Urban League of Greater Madison, UW-Madison Small Business Development Center, Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corp.

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The Dane County Small Business Awards (DCSBA) is now in its 27th year. The DCSBA celebrate small businesses and the contributions they make to our communities and economy. The 2009 awards breakfast will be held in June at the Sheraton Madison Hotel.

10 Companies Recognized Annually
Each year in early June, we recognize ten Dane County businesses that have excelled at meeting our award criteria. The award is given to the business, including all of the employees, not just the owners. We recognize the owner(s) have the vision and take the risk, but is the teamwork of all the employees that makes a successful company.

Award winning companies are honored at a breakfast program attended by an average of over 300 people. In addition to recognizing the companies for their achievements, the awards breakfast has a keynote speaker, panel discussion or other informative and entertaining program. During the awards presentation each winner will share a life or business success tip with the audience. Each winning company receives a beautiful, engraved award that they will proud to display for their employees and customers.

Dane County Small Business Awards Organizers
The DCSBA is a collaboration of organizations that are also program sponsors. The program sponsors have worked together to develop the award criteria, award application process, award selections and award breakfast program and ceremony. The DCSBA sponsors contribute staff time to organize the awards and money to offset the program costs.

Sponsors of the Dane County Small Business Awards include:
Centro Hispano, Chase, Madison Gas & Electric Co., InBusiness Magazine, Mid-West Family Broadcasting, University of Wisconsin Small Business Development Center, Urban League of Greater Madison and Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corporation.

Award Criteria
Each year we recognize 10 Dane County businesses with less than $10 million in annual revenue that:

1. Are viable for-profit companies and successful in their business
2. Have been in business for at least three years
3. Maintain a responsible and rewarding workplace environment
4. Give back to our community through volunteerism, contributions or in-kind services
5. Emerging business award given to a company that is 1-3 years old.

We strive to recognize a mix of excellent small businesses that:

• Represent communities from around Dane County
• Have less than $5 million in sales and $5-10 million in sales
• Includes minority-owned and women-owned firms
  

Nominations
Each year starting around February 1st, we solicit nominations from as many sources in the community as possible. This includes emails to small businesses and those that provide services to small businesses, business and civic associations, advertisements on radio and in InBusiness magazine.

• Anyone can nominate a company
• The nomination process is extremely easy and only takes about 1 minute
• Anyone can nominate more than one company
• A company only needs to be nominated once
• Award winners ARE NOT chosen by how many nominations they receive

Self-nominations by employees and owners, nominations of minority and women-owned firms are encouraged.

Award Selection Process

1. A contact person from each nominated company receives a brief award questionnaire
2. The questionnaire is easy to fill out and focuses on gathering information specifically in regard to the measuring the company against the award criteria
3. Only companies that return the questionnaire are considered for an award
4. An independent panel of judges reviews the award questionnaires received and decides on the award winners.

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PREVIOUS WINNERS:

2008 Dane County Small Business Award Winners

2007 Dane County Small Business Award Winners

Wind River Financial, Madison

Drake & Co, Madison

Ever Ready Electric, Mazomanie

Michael's Frozen Custard, Verona

America’s Best Flowers / Berry Hill Farms, Cottage Grove

Orange Shoe Gym, Madison

Rejuvenation Spa, Madison

Auto Marketing Services (AMS), Fitchburg

Express Fitness Community Health Club, Belleville

Argus Ventures, Madison

UMOJA magazine, Madison

2006 Dane County Small Business Award Winners

JG Development, Blue Mounds

Lasting Skin, Middleton

Edge One, Stoughton

Reed Sendecke Krebsbach, Madison

Direct Networks, Madison

Ellestad Cammacho Funeral Homes, Mt. Horeb

Jenkins Research, Fitchburg

Potter Lawson, Madison

Loren Imhoff Homebuilder, Middleton

Precision Information, Madison

2005 Dane County Small Business Award Winners

Kitchen Hearth, Madison
                                         
Freedom Speakers & Trainers, Madison
                      
Two Men and a Truck, Madison
                      
Wisconsin Flooring, Madison
                      
Paul Davis Restoration, Cottage Grove
                      
Good for Business, Madison               
                      
Dane Manufacturing Company, Dane
 
Total Water Treatment Systems Inc, Madison
                      
CustomCall Data Systems, Madison

Convenience Electronics, Inc., Madison

2004 Dane County Small Business Award Winners

Wegner CPAs, Madison

The QTI Group, Madison

PIC Wisconsin, Madison

The Neckerman Agency, Madison

Ancora Coffee Roasters, Madison

Madison Environmental Group, Madison

MTM Inc., Mike Verona

Music By Mickey, Verona

Denman, May & Associates, Deforest

Cartridge Savers, Inc., Madison

2003 Dane County Small Business Award Winners

It’s Your Party, Madison

Casa De Lara Restaurant, Fitchburg

Cascade Asset Management, Madison

Kennedy Communication, Madison

Harbor Athletic Club, Middleton

Business Intelligence Technologies (bIT360), Madison

Standard Imaging, Inc., Middleton

Kneaded Relief Day Spa, Madison

Gritton Design, Inc., Middleton