The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Wisconsin District Office on Friday recognized Wisconsin’s Small Business Persons of the Year as it prepares for National Small Business Week, which will take place May 4-10. Along with awards ceremonies, the week will include a national small business roadshow with SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler, a two-day virtual summit, community events, and educational sessions about manufacturing, digital marketing, cybersecurity, and cryptocurrency, as well as online business resources and speakers.
The SBA recognized Mark and Shawn Bula of Signature Farms II LLC in Grand Marsh as its SBA Wisconsin 2025 Small Business Persons of the Year. SBA’s Wisconsin office will acknowledge the Bula’s, who are in the running for the National Small Business Persons of the Year and national runner up, on May 5 at the National Small Business Week kick off and awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. It will also celebrate the state winner and additional local businesses that have empowered entrepreneurial success, created jobs, and driven economic growth in the last year, including:
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SBA Wisconsin 2025 Small Business Exporter of the Year — Thomas J. Muldoon, American Exchanger Services, Hartford; and
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SBA Wisconsin 2025 Emerging Small Business — Courtney Skinkis Spangler, Confluence Graphics, Milwaukee.
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Details on National Small Business Week, the virtual summit, registrations and speakers are available here and will be updated as additional information and activities are confirmed. Local events will be featured here.
