Entrepreneurial Excellence

The Review seeks the best and brightest Gulf Coast entrepreneurs for its 2010 Entrepreneur Awards.

The award recognizes the best entrepreneurs from the paper's entire coverage area: Tampa Bay south to Naples.

If you know of a worthy candidate, please send us his or her name. We're looking for entrepreneurs whose company's results over the past three years show exceptional performance and growth, both in revenues and employees.

Nominees should be visionaries and leaders who have overcome obstacles or demonstrated extraordinary characteristics that have led their companies to stand-out achievements. The entrepreneurs must be owners or part owners of their companies, and their companies must be based on the Gulf Coast.

Last year's overall winner was Eric Baird, founder and CEO of MyUS.com, a Bradenton-based packaging and shipping service. Other past winners include: Barry Shevlin, founder of Oldsmar-based Network Liquidators and Reinhold Schmieding, founder of Naples-based Arthrex Inc.

To nominate an entrepreneur, send his or her name to Mark Gordon at [email protected] or call (941) 362-4848. Please include the person's name, company, contact information and a brief description of what distinguishes the candidate.