Press Release
Contact: Robert Caudle |
Phone: (919) 549-7500 ext. 107 |
CED Seeks Nominations for Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards
Nomination Deadline Set for April 30
March 20, 2007, Research Triangle Park, NC – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) is accepting nominations for its annual Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards. The deadline to submit nominations is April 30, 2007.
This year’s Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards is scheduled for June 12 from 5:30-10 p.m. at the American Tobacco Historic District in Durham, N.C. CED’s annual awards honor outstanding individuals and companies for their entrepreneurial achievements during the past year.
CED will recognize North Carolina-based companies and individuals in the following categories:
- Entrepreneurial Excellence
- Deal of the Year – Private
- Deal of the Year – Public
- Growth Company of the Year
- Spin-out of the Year
- Technology of the Year
- Community Impact
- Outstanding Service to Entrepreneurs
Award category descriptions, nomination forms, event registration and information on past winners is available online at www.cednc.org/awards.
The award ceremony will be accompanied by a night of cocktails, dinner, dancing and music to celebrate this year’s top entrepreneurial success stories.
About CED: The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1984 to identify, enable and promote high growth, high impact entrepreneurial companies and to accelerate the entrepreneurial culture of the Research Triangle and North Carolina. Headquartered in the Research Triangle with a divisional office in Wilmington, CED is the largest and oldest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 4,000 members representing over 1,100 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, seminars, workshops and programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. www.cednc.org
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