Our friends over at MOO cards are running a little promotion that we think is very cool. Over the course of the next few weeks, the Business Card Project aims to re-design the business cards of 500 small business owners for, get this, FREE. That’s a very nice price!
From MOO’s site:
“Business cards are often the only piece of marketing you’ll print for your small business. Why hand over badly designed cards; limp and curling at the edges?
Sometimes there’s no time to redesign, or it’s hard to find a designer. Even choosing the right look for your cards can take time, skill and money.
Well, you’re in luck! We’re running a contest, giving away $250,000 worth of design consultation – our designers are ready and waiting to fix your cards.”
It’s true that even in this age of electronics, a very small piece of paper is often the first thing people see about your business. Go ahead, submit your card and let them help create a business card for you that’s as unique as your business.
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We’re pleased to announce the results of this year’s Small Business Super Hero contest. While we intended to only award a Grand Prize, we found ourselves also giving Runners-Up awards to three very deserving other small businesses.
Read their stories and meet the super heroes themselves over on the Super Heroes Winner’s Page.
Small Business Super Hero Grand Prize Winner:
The Secret Chocolatier
Handmade chocolates made with love by a family using local, organic ingredients.
(Also Super) Runners-Up:
OMUNKY
Eco-friendly t-shirts.
Tutuma Social Club
Afro-Peruvian jazz club grows a community in NYC.
Verlo Mattress Factory Store
An entrepreneur lives the American dream, gives back to his adopted country.
Thanks so much to all who entered! We loved reading your entries and wish you the best for your business in the upcoming year.
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We’re excitedly preparing to attend to Chicago-based events later this month. The first, Start-up Weekend, takes place June 
25-27 at the Illinois Technology Association. Here, aspiring entrepreneurs get together on Friday to come up with an idea, form teams to build it, and present at the end of the weekend. We love being around folks who are filled with ideas and just starting out (both Pamela and I are on the advisory board for Providence’s own Betaspring accelerator project) so I’m really looking forward to what the teams come up with.
We’re also hoping to sponsoring one attendee, so if you know some one in Chicago who wants to attend, let us know! Be warned, this person will receive our unconditional public support!
On June 26th, we’re also sponsoring Chicago’s first Freelance Camp. Freelance camp is an unconference environment where a bunch of people get together to learn from one another: in this case, people either working as freelancers or building products/services that support the freelance market.
From their website:
Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects. Founded in 2007 by Andrew Hyde, the weekend is a concept of a conference focusing on learning by creating. It is known for its quick decisions, ‘out of the box’ thinking (oh no, the buzzwords are attacking!), unique facilitation technique and letting the founders show what they can do. The program has already met with success in Boulder, Toronto, New York, Hamburg, Houston, West Lafayette, Boston, DC and more.
At Freelance Camp, we’ll be hanging out and doing cool stuff with some of our favorite Small Business Web partners: MOO cards, FreshBooks Formstack and MailChimp will all be there as well. We always have fun when we get together and hope you’ll be there to join us! See you in Chicago…
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We had so many amazing entries for this year’s Small Business Super Hero contest that we couldn’t award *just* a Grand Prize as we had originally planned. We’re also awarding three Runners-Up prizes because these folks are all just…that…fabulous!
Because of this, we’re still in the process of contacting all of our winners. Please check back next week when we’ll have the winners listed, as well as company profiles up of these small business super heroes. We can’t wait for you to meet them!
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This week is National Small Business Week and to celebrate and show our support of small business owners everywhere, we are once again hosting a Small Business Super Hero contest. This contest encourages small business owners to cast off their civilian garb and show off their true super powers so that we can recognize them for the everyday heroes that they are.
You can submit your own story or nominate a business you admire. The entry form is brief and the prizes are many (including a build-your-own custom bike from Republic bike!) so go ahead! Share your story and you just might become a real live Small Business Super Hero.
Other prizes include:
Enter here before June 1st. The winning entry will be posted on the BatchBlog. Good luck, Super Heroes!
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