Entries for Entrepreneur of the Year close next month

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Danette Breitenbach

Entries for the 2013 Sanlam Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year competition close on 16 June 2013. Besides the chance to win prizes worth R1,340,000, which includes cash prizes of R300,000, finalists and winners are able to expand their networks and receive invaluable exposure for their businesses.

Competition categories

Emerging Entrepreneur: An entrepreneur who has been in their present business for less than three years on the date the entry form is received by the steering committee.
Small Business Entrepreneur: A business, irrespective of length of time during which it has been active, with a turnover of R20 million or less in the tax year immediately preceding the date of entering the competition.
Medium Business Entrepreneur: A business, irrespective of the length of time during which it has been active, with a turnover of R20 million or more in the tax year immediately preceding the date of entering the competition.
Job creator of the Year: An entrepreneur that not only employs a significant number of employees, but also plays a key role in uplifting, up-skilling and training them. They help towards making a dent in the unemployment rate of the community, area, province and country where the business is situated.
Innovator Entrepreneur of the Year : the entrepreneur who has the ability to:
- re-invent the way business is done in his/her industry and/or
- be innovative in the product or service being offered to the market and/or
- finds a way of drawing the best qualified and technical people in the industry and keeping them because of creating a special environment where employees

Entrepreneurs interested in entering can enter online at www.eoy.co.za.