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Award Nomination Process Opens Up
The nomination process for the 22nd annual Joel Labovitz Entrepreneurial Success Awards, hosted by the University of Minnesota-Duluth, has begun. UMD’s Center for Economic Development is calling for nominations of entrepreneurs who have followed their dreams and taken on inordinate risks to forge ahead meeting the challenges of today’s economic reality, according to a release. [&...
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