Small Business Excellence Awards - Winners & Finalists

Small Business Excellence Awards

We are happy to announce the following companies as finalists for the Small Business Excellence Awards.

2011 Winners and Finalists

Green Business of the Year
Rocky Mountain Recycling, LLC
Finalists:
  • Comfort Engineering
  • Gameworks
Non-Profit of the Year
Las Vegas Rescue Mission
Finalists:
  • Blind Center of Nevada
  • Nevada P.E.P., Inc.
Small Business (5 or fewer employees)
Canyon Creative & Design, Inc.
Finalists:
  • Computer Troubleshooters
  • Richard A. Perlman, Enrolled Agent (Income Taxes)
Small Business (25 or fewer employees)
Gerety & Associates, CPA's
Finalists:
  • BannerView.com
  • Gilmore & Gilmore CPA's
Women/Minority Owned Business of the Year
Jaki Baskow & Associates, Inc.
Finalists:
  • Family & Cosmetic Dentistry Dr. Rex F. Liu, D.D.S.
  • Tangerine Office Systems

2010 Winners and Finalists

Emerging Business of the Year:
Stout Keeton LLC
Finalists:
  • Resolution PI
  • Twin Physician Services
Green Business of the Year:
Green Living Services
Finalists:
  • Artificial Grass Direct
  • SEA Groups Ltd.
Non Profit of the Year:
Consumer Credit Counseling Service-Southern Nevada
Finalists:
  • Blind Center of Nevada
  • Nevada P.E.P., Inc.
Small Business of the Year 5 employees or fewer:
VP Marketing, Inc.
Finalists:
  • Harrison Insurance Agency
  • Yellow Bucket Janitorial, Inc.
Small Business of the Year 25 employees or fewer:
Urban Environmental Research, LLC
Finalists:
  • Gerety & Associates, CPA's
  • Telesphere

2009 Winners and Finalists

Entrepreneur of the Year:
Joseph Vassallo - Paragon Pools
Finalists:
  • Dianna Russo - Houldsworth, Russo & Company
  • Lexy Capp - Nannies and Housekeepers, U.S.A.
Green Business of the Year:
Tangerine Office Systems
Finalists:
  • EcoLogic Construction
  • Urban Environmental Research, LLC
Innovative Business of the Year:
Sander Training
Finalists:
  • Balance Effect
  • BannerView.com
Non Profit of the Year:
NCET - Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology
Finalists:
  • Lied Discovery Children's Museum
  • Olive Crest - Nevada
Small Business of the Year:
Imagine Marketing of Nevada, Inc.
Finalists:
  • Baskow & Associates, Inc.
  • The Debtbuster Corp.

2008 Winners and Finalists

Entrepreneur of the Year:
Shelly Rounds, uptimeLV
Finalists:
  • Michael Yoder, Advanced Information Systems
  • Bill Houghton, Horizon Business Systems
Non-Profit of the Year:
Positively Kids
Finalists:
  • Safe Nest
Innovative Business of the Year:
Big Feet Pajama Co.
Finalists:
  • KT Graphics LLC
  • The White House
Small Business of the Year:
Crisci Builders
Finalists:
  • A Flamingo Glass & Engraving, LLC
  • The Bentley Group Real Estate Advisors
Green Business of the Year:
Shred-it Las Vegas
Finalists:
  • Lucchesi Galati
  • Vegas PBS

2007 Winners and Finalists

Entrepreneur of the Year:
Douglas Geinzer, Recruiting Nevada
Finalists:
  • Betty Mahalik, Dynamic Solutions
  • Brian McMullan, McMullan's Irish Pub
Non-Profit of the Year:
United Way of Southern Nevada
Finalists:
  • Las Vegas Rescue Mission
  • Nevada Ballet Theatre
Innovative Business of the Year:
MadScience
Finalists:
  • Phoenix Staff
  • The White House Las Vegas
Small Business of the Year:

Eagle Promotions

Finalists:
  • Priority Staffing, USA,
  • Shred-It Las Vegas

2006 Winners and Finalists

Entrepreneur of the Year:
Darcy Neighbors, Consultants in Marketing
Finalists:
  • Paul & Kathy DePatta, At Your Service Catering
  • Whitney Whiteman, The Cookie Zoo
Non-Profit of the Year:
AFAN - Aids for AIDS of Nevada, Inc.
Finalists:
  • Positively Kids
  • Nevada Community Foundation
Innovative Business of the Year:
Uptime
Finalists:
  • Keyon Communications
  • Recruiting Nevada
Small Business of the Year:
Fair, Anderson, & Langerman
Finalists:
  • A Flamingo Glass
  • TriCor Financial Services

Exclusively sponsored by:
Nevada State Bank