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Entrepreneur Awards

These are the Gold, Silver, and Bronze, Stevie® Award-winning nominations in The 2023 American Business Awards®. The winners were determined by the average scores of more than 240 professionals worldwide in the three-month judging process. Learn about the judging and awards process here.

Winners were celebrated during an awards banquet on Tuesday, June 13 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York.

Best Entrepreneur - Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Jennings Social Media & MarTech, Overland Park, Kansas: Valerie Jennings, Marketing CEO

Best Entrepreneur - Business & Professional Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Cultivate Advisors, Oak Brook, Illinois: Casey Clark Cultivate Advisors' CEO
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Greater Prairie Business Consulting, Inc., Irving, Texas: James J. Talerico, Jr., CEO & Founder
Revature, Reston, Virginia: Ashwin Bharath, Co-founder and CEO

Best Entrepreneur - Chemicals
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Modular Plant Solutions, Friendswood, Texas: Russell Hillenburg, President and Co-Founder

Best Entrepreneur - Computer Software - 500 or More Employees
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Octane, New York, New York: Jason Guss, CEO
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
AvePoint, Jersey City, New Jersey: Dr. Tianyi Jiang (TJ), CEO and Co-founder

Best Entrepreneur - Computer Software - Up to 500 Employees
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
London Computer Systems, Cincinnati, Ohio: David Hegemann, CEO
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
Logik.io, Chicago, Illinois: Christopher Shutts, CEO and Co-Founder
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
SucceedSmart, Los Altos, California: Sanjay Sathe, Founder/CEO

Best Entrepreneur - Consumer Products - Durables
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
OrthoNu, Lido Beach, New York: Dr. Sima Yakoby Epstein, CEO

Best Entrepreneur - Consumer Products - Non-Durables
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Bug Bite Thing, Port Saint Lucie, Florida: Kelley Higney, Founder & CEO
Shoe Gummi LLC., Calabasas, California: Shantel Jackson, CEO and Inventor

Best Entrepreneur - Energy
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Top Tier Solar Solutions, Charlotte, North Carolina: Samuel Van Wynen, Chief Executive Officer
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Pyrifera Consulting, Austin, Texas: Rishabh Agarwal, Founder

Best Entrepreneur - Financial Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Lumin Digital, San Ramon, California: Jeff Chambers, Founder & CEO
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
InstaMortgage Inc, San Jose, California: Shashank Shekhar, CEO
Washington Capital Partner, McLean, Virginia: Daniel Huertas, CEO

Best Entrepreneur - Food & Beverage
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Boomerang Water, Davidson,, North Carolina: Jason Dibble, Co-Founder

Best Entrepreneur - Health Products & Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Radicle Science, San Diego, California: Dr. Jeff Chen, Cofounder/CEO

Best Entrepreneur - Hospitality & Leisure
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Relevé Studios, Los Angeles, California: Jodi Shilling, Founder

Best Entrepreneur - Insurance
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
AutoClaims Direct, Carlsbad, California: Ernie Bray, CEO and founder

Best Entrepreneur - Materials & Construction
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Wayne Contracting, Maryland Heights, Missouri: Brad Burns, Business Owner

Best Entrepreneur - Non-Profit Organizations
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Coastal Middle and High School, Lake Park, Florida: Lisa Collum, Creator & CEO

Best Entrepreneur - Real Estate
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Rentec Direct, Grants Pass, Oregon: Nathan Miller, Founder & CEO

Best Entrepreneur - Telecommunications
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Brander Group Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona: Jake Brander, President
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Jennings Social Media & MarTech, Overland Park, Kansas: RLM Underground President Richard Lee Mudd

Best Entrepreneur - Transportation
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Piece of Cake Moving & Storage, New York, New York: Vojin Popovic Transportation CEO

Founding Team of the Year - Business Products Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
AutoLeap, Atlanta, Georgia: AutoLeap
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Oggvo, Seattle, Washington: Oggvo grows through dedication to customer success

Founding Team of the Year - Business Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Radicle Science, San Diego, California: Co-founders of Radicle Science, Pelin and Jeff, along with the team who joined their movement
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Innovation Refunds, Des Moines, Iowa: Innovation Refunds