In what has become a yearly tradition here at BatchBlue, we are once again hosting our Small Business Super Hero Contest. This is our chance to recognize those folks who dare to not only dream, but who also take the leap and fly to build their own businesses.
This really is a favorite time of year for us as we get the chance to read all the great stories and be inspired by those who follow their entrepreneurial spirit and forge out on their own to do great things. We also like to reward their efforts with some cool prizes which this year include:
In honor of National Small Business Week we encourage you to share your own stories, or nominate a Super Hero in your life who is running their own awesome business. Tear off the disguises and share your stories with the world!
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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.
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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:
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We love what’s now become our annual Small Business Super Hero contest. Once again, we were 
impressed by the diversity of small business super heroes out there and the incredible entries we received. After much thoughtful deliberation, vote-tallying and donut-cake eating, we’ve chosen our winners!
First place: RetroRazor
One man’s noble effort at greening up the facial hair industry? A romantic Italian backstory? And…his wife nominated him (calling him her Safety Razor Super Hero Husband)! Chadd Bennett’s cool vintage-style razor business won by a whisker.
Second place: KitBook
At BatchBlue, we love kids, we love science, and we love kids who love science. Kudos to Ed Basconi and his sidekick David Jones for their efforts in improving science teaching and learning, turning both kids and teachers into Science Super Heroes.
Third place: jitterbug.tv
We confess, some of us BatchBlue parents have been fans of this cool music site for kids for a while. So when we received their contest entry, we were very excited. We could also relate to the problem co-founders Dan Gellert and Randall Green are solving, which is to provide a safe, fun place for kids to find appropriate music online. That’s pretty super to us.
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I grew up on Cape Cod, so to me a place that serves fried seafood on picnic tables in a parking lot 
covered in crushed clam shells is my idea of heaven. When I first saw the hand-lettered sign in Warren, RI, two summers ago that said simply “Clam Shack” with a crooked arrow pointing vaguely towards the water, I pulled a U-turn to hunt it down faster than you can say “lobster salad”.
The Blount Clam Shack is opening to its third successful season offering delicious fried foodstuffs, coleslaw, hot dogs, lobster rolls and other fabulous summer fare. It’s kid- and family-friend, in fact on crowded nights you may find yourself sharing a table with strangers whom you quickly get to know over shared malt vinegar and spilled lemonade. The Clam Shack is right on the water, which adds an exciting element of danger for the kids as they watch boats sail by and lean over the edges of the dock to look for tiny fish, squid and other sea creatures swimming by (there’s even a sign that says “Don’t let your little snappers fall in the water”.)
Summer is by far the best part about living in New England. For me, the Blount Clam Shack embodies all of its greatest elements: delicious food, close proximity to water, outdoors, family fun and kind of sticky and smelly in a quintessentially summer way. I’m so glad the Blount Clam Shack opened so that my kids can share some of the same memories I have from the clam shack days of my youth.
The Blount Clam Shack opens this weekend! See you there…
Blount Clam Shack
335 Water Street
Warren, RI 02885
p: (774) 888-1300
w: http://www.blountseafood.com/store/shack.php
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