Google Hangout with SBA Chief Karen MillsAs part of National Small Business Week, Entrepreneur's Diana Ransom moderated a live chat with SBA chief Karen Mills and winners of the SBA's video contest.
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For small-business owners, pats on the back can be few and far between. Many of them would settle for a vigorous holiday season or perhaps an occasional day off or, better still, avacation.
So it's only fitting that we take a moment to highlight the creative, inventive and downright entertaining videos that won the Small Business Administration'sNational Small Business Weekvideo contest. In no particular order, the winners includeKissTixx创始人Mike Buonomo达拉斯罗宾逊和布莱德圣erl of Pittsfield, N.H.'sRustic Crust, Zalmi Duchman, the CEO of theFresh Dietand Reggie Rodgers, the founder ofRodgers' Banana Pudding Sauce.
Their two-minute video submissions were judged by top-level SBA representatives and were selected among more than 100 submissions. Each entrant was required to have received SBA assistance, and the winning submissions were chosen based on criteria including creativity, inspiration and video quality.
The four winners headlined a Google+ Hangout session with the SBA ChiefKaren Millsand me. They also get lifetime bragging rights of course.
Congratulations to all of the winners. To see the winning videos in their entirety, head toWhiteHouse.gov. And check back later this afternoon to watch the archived chat that was moderated by Entrepreneur's Diana Ransom:
