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41st ANNUAL SAN ANTONIO MED WEEK AWARD CATEGORIES

Nominations are now open

REQUIREMENTS:

A Minority-Owned Business Enterprise is defined as a business that is owned or controlled (greater than 50 percent) by MBEs as defined by the MBDA Act. 15 U.S.C. §§ 9501(9), (15).

Eligible nominees include two distinct groups: the first group consists of MBEs, including for-profit and non-profit firms; and the second group comprises MED Week champions, which can include institutions, universities and colleges, and local, state, and federal government representatives.

The awards listed under Minority – Owned Firms Awards are reserved as minority business presentations.

The remaining MED Week Champion Awards, are open to qualified nominees .

Luncheon Award Category Definitions

No Past Five (5) Year, 20019-2023 Award Winners Will be Nominate

MINORITY- OWNED FIRMS

  1. Minority Advanced Manufacturing Firm
    Presented to the minority-owned firm that has achieved success in employing innovative technology, creating high quality manufacturing jobs, and significant market share increases, e. g. supply chain, logistics.

  2. Minority Professional Services Firm
    Presented to a high-performing, minority-owned company that has achieved outstanding marketing, PR, Payroll, and/or Consulting Services success, e. g. supply chain, logistics

  3. Minority Construction Firm
    Presented to the minority-owned firm that has achieved success in private or public sector projects and has exhibited revenue and job growth over a sustained two (2) year minimum timeframe.

  4. Minority Exporting Firm
    Presented to a high-performing, minority-owned company that has achieved outstanding export success. This success is reflected in increased exports, new market development, increased revenues, and job growth, e. g. supply chain.

  5. Minority Health Care Firm
    Presented to a minority-owned company that has achieved notable success, by improving healthcare delivery, and quality through innovation.

  6. Minority Hospitality, Tourism, Entertainment Firm
    Presented to a minority-owned Hospitality, Tourism, or Entertainment firm that has provided outstanding success as an economic driver that includes revenue, job creation, and job growth, e. g. restaurants, destination management companies.

  7. Minority Media Firm
    Presented to a mass communication minority firm that has extensive knowledge that created, packaged, and distributed content across digital, and traditional platforms, e. g., video, social, audio.

  8. Minority Skilled Trades Firm
    Presented to a minority-owned certified skilled trade company that has achieved increased revenue, job growth, and sustainability success, e. g. Plumbing, Carpentry, Welding, Pipefitting, Engineering, and Transportation

  9. Minority Technology Firm
    Presented to a minority-owned technology company that has achieved notable success employing innovative techniques, and ideas that promote greater efficiency, and productivity, e. g. products, AI, Cyber Security, and or services.

  10. Minority Veteran Firm
    Presented to a minority Veteran owned company that has achieved outstanding success in increased revenue, job growth, sustainability, market share, and customer satisfaction.

  11. Minority Entrepreneur of the Year
    Presented to a minority business owner who has exhibited the skills necessary to initiate, and grow a successful business venture, e.g., visionary, risk taker, innovator, change agent, community leader

  12. Minority Rural Firm
    Presented to a Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) thriving in rural areas, despite lacking access to the robust business infrastructures available in more populated regions, e. g. Rural HUB Zone Map

  13. Minority Legacy Firm
    Presented to a minority family -owned company that has operated, for at least 25 years, and has achieved economic success, as a community economic institution.

MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CHAMPIONS

  1. Distinguished Business Advocate Award
    Presented to an individual or organization demonstrating outstanding commitment , and leadership to the minority business community, e.g., traditional, and or alternative working or investment capital.

  2. MED Week Chairman’s Award
    Presented to a group or individual that illustrates strategies that adapted to a fluid economy. Their methods include Creativity, Resiliency, Innovation, and Tenacity that play an integral role in the creative, technical, or professional progress of minority business development.

DIRECTIONS:

  • Award nomination applications are online, www.samedweek.org. Applications will be submitted by the UTSA-Institute for Economic Development’s San Antonio Minority Business Development Agency Centers’ 2024 MED Week Consortium, other organizations, strategic partners, and stakeholders.
  • Nominations may be submitted by individuals or organizations in any applicable category, and may be submitted for more than one award category. Self-nominations are also permitted. In addition, nominations may be submitted by the UTSA-Institute for Economic Development (IED) San Antonio Minority Business Development Agency Centers’ staff.
  • No Past Five (5) Year, 2019 – 2023, Award Winners will be nominated.
  •  Nominations should address the specific evaluation criterion applicable to the award category. Narratives should be thorough and concise.
  • The nomination package is comprised of: (1) the nomination form; (2) narratives addressing the specific evaluation criterion/information; and (3) a nominee biography or an organization overview (as applicable.) Application attachments shall not exceed four (4) pages.
  • Do not include any additional material, such as promotional materials, annual reports, etc., unless the question for the applicable category specifically requests it.
  • Do not submit photographs.  Category winners will have five days after receipt of official notification to submit a high-resolution photo.
  • Complete award nomination applications via the website.

Any Questions?

Contact Jacqueline M. Jackson,
Telephone Number: 210-458-2483,or Jacqueline.jackson@utsa.edu.
categories

minority-owned firms

Presented to the minority-owned firm that has achieved success in employing innovative technology, creating high quality manufacturing jobs, and significant market share increases.
Presented to a high-performing, minority-owned company that has achieved outstanding marketing, PR, Payroll, and/or Consulting Services success.

Presented to the minority-owned firm that has achieved success in private or public sector projects and has exhibited revenue and job growth over a sustained two (2) year minimum timeframe.

Presented to a high-performing, minority-owned company that has achieved outstanding export success. This success is reflected in increased exports, new market development, increased revenues, and job growth. 
Presented to a minority-owned company that has achieved notable success, by improving healthcare delivery, and quality through innovation.
Presented to a minority-owned Hospitality, Tourism, or Entertainment firm that has provided outstanding success as an economic driver that includes revenue, job creation, and job growth.
Presented to a minority family -owned company that has operated, for at least 35 years, and has achieved economic success, as a community economic institution.
Presented to a minority-owned certified skilled trade company that has achieved increased revenue, job growth, and sustainability success, e. g. Plumbing, Carpentry, Welding, Pipefitting
Presented to a minority-owned technology company that has achieved notable success employing innovative techniques, and ideas that promote greater efficiency, and productivity, e. g. products, and or services.
Presented to a minority Veteran owned company that has achieved outstanding success in increased revenue, job growth, sustainability, market share, and customer satisfaction.
Presented to a minority business owner who has exhibited the skills necessary to initiate, and grow a successful business venture, e.g., visionary, risk taker, innovator, change agent, community leader
Presented to a company that responded to COVID-19 challenges, and survived, and thrived through unpredictable, changing, and potential unfavorable events. Resiliency is the key, e. g. business builders, retooling, new markets, organizational restructuring

minority business development champions

Presented to a mass communication minority firm that has extensive knowledge that created, packaged, and distributed content across digital, and traditional platforms, e. g., video, social, audio.

Presented to an individual or organization demonstrating outstanding financial commitment, and leadership to the minority business community, e.g. traditional, and or alternative working or investment capital.

Presented to a group or individual that illustrates COVID-19 strategies that adapted to a fluid economy, and “New Normal,” successfully. Their methods include Creativity, Resiliency, Innovation, and Tenacity that play an integral role in the creative, technical, or professional progress of minority business development.

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW open FOR THE 41st ANNUAL MED WEEK AWARDS.

Nominations are now open

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