Comments on: The Sad State of Vancouver’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards http://eaves.ca/2009/10/19/the-sad-state-of-vancouvers-entrepreneur-of-the-year-awards/ if writing is a muscle, this is my gym Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:57:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: uberVU - social comments http://eaves.ca/2009/10/19/the-sad-state-of-vancouvers-entrepreneur-of-the-year-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-420434 uberVU - social comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:14:10 +0000 http://eaves.ca/?p=1882#comment-420434 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by david_a_eaves: The Sad State of Vancouver's Entrepreneur of the Year Awards http://bit.ly/1036cA... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: tobybarazzuol http://eaves.ca/2009/10/19/the-sad-state-of-vancouvers-entrepreneur-of-the-year-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-420431 tobybarazzuol Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:46:08 +0000 http://eaves.ca/?p=1882#comment-420431 Great post Dave and you've made some accurate and fair observations. Recognition awards and awards events send out simple yet strong messages that are easy for people to identify with. So when the awards neglect a prominent segment, it really sends out the wrong message to a lot of people.<br><br>There are lots of women entrepreneurs running great businesses, and also a lot of young entrepreneurs (both male and female) that are doing amazing and progressive things.<br><br>Business in Vancouver's "Influential Women in Business" Awards are now taking nominations, so if you know any great businesswomen, here's a chance to help get them some well deserved recognition: <a href="http://www.biv.com/iwib/" rel="nofollow">http://www.biv.com/iwib/</a> Great post Dave and you've made some accurate and fair observations. Recognition awards and awards events send out simple yet strong messages that are easy for people to identify with. So when the awards neglect a prominent segment, it really sends out the wrong message to a lot of people.

There are lots of women entrepreneurs running great businesses, and also a lot of young entrepreneurs (both male and female) that are doing amazing and progressive things.

Business in Vancouver's “Influential Women in Business” Awards are now taking nominations, so if you know any great businesswomen, here's a chance to help get them some well deserved recognition: http://www.biv.com/iwib/

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]]> By: April Smith http://eaves.ca/2009/10/19/the-sad-state-of-vancouvers-entrepreneur-of-the-year-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-420398 April Smith Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:21:11 +0000 http://eaves.ca/?p=1882#comment-420398 Thank you for writing this post! Thank you for writing this post!

]]> By: April Smith http://eaves.ca/2009/10/19/the-sad-state-of-vancouvers-entrepreneur-of-the-year-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-420396 April Smith Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:21:04 +0000 http://eaves.ca/?p=1882#comment-420396 Thank you for writing this post! Thank you for writing this post!

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