Robert Herjavec Selects Top Winners in The UPS Store First National Small Biz Challenge
20 Août 2019 - 5:00PM
Wrapping up two captivating events, two female small business
owners walked away winners of the first national Small Biz
Challenge competition. Hosted by The UPS Store, Inc. in
collaboration with Inc. magazine, the lively Small Biz Challenge
tested the entrepreneurial skills of six dynamic entrepreneurs.
Samia Bingham of Flavors Culinary Group from Fort Washington, Md.
took away $14,000 from the event in Los Angeles, and Ingrid Sanden
of Boolean Girl Tech from Arlington, Va. won a total of $12,000 in
New York. To help each winner further amplify the story of their
business through national attention, they will also receive an
editorial feature in the November 2019 issue of Inc. magazine.
Robert Herjavec, leading investor on the hit TV show “Shark
Tank” and Founder and CEO of Herjavec Group, knows that starting a
business is no easy task - it takes courage and tenacity. At the
event, Herjavec shared valuable business advice with
contestants and the attendees, as well as judged the finalists
based on their business acumen demonstrated during the each of the
challenges.
Hosted by author and TV personality, Shannon LaNier, the Small
Biz Challenge consisted of two game show style events. Bingham and
Sanden confidently competed against a slate of talented
entrepreneurs who were selected after a nationwide call for entry
and online public vote. The contestants competed in front of a live
audience in a round-robin of five challenges created to test their
small business savvy and skills in sales, advertising, customer
service and budgeting.
“Each of the winners and finalists showed us what it takes to be
a successful business owner – an entrepreneurial spirit and a
positive attitude,” said Tim Davis, president of The UPS Store,
Inc. “Through the Small Biz Challenge, The UPS Store is proud to
recognize and celebrate bright and hard-working entrepreneurs
across the country.”
“These challenges are like a microcosm of running a small
business. To see these entrepreneurs test their business smarts and
talent is an inspiration for all those working to create their own
success,” said Herjavec. “The Small Biz Challenge serves as a
reminder that a great small business requires a highly focused and
capable individual for it to be thriving and lucrative.”
Bingham and Sanden will use their award to further their
respective businesses. Bingham’s Flavors Culinary Group focuses on
assisting companies in quality talent acquisition, recruitment,
adequate staffing and superior management training. Bingham says
she will use the $14,000 she won to create a unique kitchen
incubator with training space for culinary professionals.
Sanden’s business Boolean Girl Tech is a non-profit corporation
dedicated to educating girls to code, build, invent and animate.
They manufacture the Boolean Box, a build-it-yourself computer and
engineering kit designed to help girls learn through play to code
and build electronics. Sanden says they will use their $12,000 of
Small Biz Challenge winnings to help with holiday sales and digital
marketing of the Boolean Box and to launch a new add-on product, a
sensor kit.
“I’m so grateful for this opportunity to further my business
goals for Flavors Culinary Group,” said Bingham. “It was a joy to
meet the other talented small business owner finalists, and it
reminded me how special and unique the small business community
is.”
“It fills me with so much joy to be able to secure additional
funding for Boolean Girl Tech through this fantastic opportunity,”
said Sanden. “I’m thrilled to take home not only the cash prize,
but also the advice and inspiration I received from Robert Herjavec
and the other finalists.”
To learn more about The UPS Store® Small Biz Challenge and
finalists, visit www.theupsstore.com/smallbizchallenge.
About The UPS Store
With approximately 5,000 locations across North America, The UPS
Store® network comprises the nation’s largest franchise system of
retail shipping, postal, print and business service centers. The
UPS Store locations in the U.S. are independently owned and
operated by licensed franchisees of The UPS Store, Inc., a
subsidiary of UPS (NYSE: UPS). Services, products, pricing and
hours of operation may vary by location. For additional information
on The UPS Store, visit theupsstore.com.
In 2019, The UPS Store ranked #5 overall in Entrepreneur
Magazine’s Franchise 500 and #1 in the Postal & Business
Centers category for the 29th consecutive year. For information on
franchise opportunities for opening a The UPS Store location, visit
https://www.theupsstorefranchise.com/. Follow The UPS Store on
Twitter at @TheUPSStore and like The UPS Store on Facebook at
facebook.com/theupsstore.
About Inc. Media
Founded in 1979, Inc. is the only major brand
dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private
companies and has become the go-to resource for the world’s boldest
and most ambitious people: entrepreneurs. Inc.’s sole mission
is to help people start and scale businesses that change the world.
Through the experiences we create, the knowledge we share, and the
connections we build, we equip business builders with everything
they need to elevate decision-making, creative thinking and
meaningful leadership. For more information,
visit www.inc.com.
Tracy Spahr
(858) 642-7968
tspahr@upsstore.com
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