NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release: January 5, 2012
Contact: Emily Barth, (608) 263-7794, emily.barth@uwex.edu
Nominate 2012 Wisconsin Companies to Watch through January 13 deadline
Anyone can help Wisconsin businesses by nominating second-stage companies for the Wisconsin Companies to Watch award or by sponsoring the award celebration. The award honors innovators and potential job creators, helps raise their profiles and provides peer leadership training.
“This program provides access to resources including vendors, employees and high level networking,” said Gayle Kugler, associate director of the University of Wisconsin-Extension Division of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development. That division manages the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Network, www.wenportal.org, and the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center Network, www.wisconsinsbdc.org, which hosts this Edward Lowe Foundation awards program in Wisconsin.
Companies must be privately held commercial enterprises with the intent and capacity for growth. Candidates may be nominated or apply directly. Visit www.Wisconsin.CompaniesToWatch.org or contact Emily Barth, emily.barth@uwex.edu, for details. Nominations are due Jan. 13, 2012.
Awardees and their guests will be invited to a celebration in their honor on May 17, 2012, at the Marriott Milwaukee West. The gala is co-hosted by Paul Jadin, CEO of Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, which is a gold sponsor of the program.
