Small Businesses Compete for $10,000, HP Computer, Consulting Services
ATLANTA, July 12, 2005 – Hula Hoops, personal computers, buying books online – all creative ideas that were developed by small businesses.
UPS has assembled a blue ribbon panel of judges under a special nationwide contest to look for similar creative ideas being pursued by today's small businesses. The winner of the UPS Best "Out-of-the-Box" Small Business Contest will receive cash and other prizes worth $15,000 plus a new HP computer and printer.
The judges include:
Norm Brodsky, Inc. magazine columnist and owner of Citistorage in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Benn R. Konsynski, Ph.D., George S. Craft Professor of Business Administration at the Emory University's Goizueta Business School in Atlanta.
Ed Baker, publisher of the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Kevin Gilroy, senior vice president and general manager, Worldwide Small and Medium Business, HP.
Deli Passi, president, Medalia Communications.
Jordan Colletta, vice president, Customer Technology Marketing, UPS.
U.S. small businesses with annual revenues in 2004 of at least $500,000 but not exceeding $10 million can enter the contest by simply submitting a 500-word essay online at www.ups.com/outofthebox that explains how the business is innovative. First-, second- and third-place prizes will be awarded. The first-place prize package contains: $10,000 in cash or $10,000 worth of free UPS package delivery services; a personal computer and printer provided by HP and equipped with UPS OnLine Tools, and 10 hours of UPS consulting services (a $5,000 value).
Entries may be submitted online at www.ups.com/outofthebox through Aug. 1, 2005. All entries must be completed by an employee or owner of an eligible business on behalf of that business, with a limit of one entry per business.
