Colorado Springs Business Briefs: October 19, 2007

SBA seeking nominations for best entrepreneurs

The Small Business Administration is looking for the best of the best of small business in Colorado for its 2008 Small Business Week Awards.

Nominations are being accepted through Nov. 26.

There are 10 categories, including Small Business Person of the Year. The winner will compete for national honors at the SBA's National Small Business Week event next May.

Nomination packages can be obtained by calling the SBA at (303) 844-0501 or at www.sba.gov/nominationsguidelines.

NAVSYS receives Tibbetts Award

NAVSYS Corp. has received the 2007 Small Business Innovation Research Tibbetts Award for its development of the Talon NAMATH Program, which delivers GPS Ephemeris data directly to warfighters in the field and is operational in Iraq and Afghanistan.

NAVSYS was among 55 companies who received the award from a pool of more than 4,000.

The award is named for Roland Tibbetts, who is acknowledged as the father of the SBIR program.

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