North East Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2007

Or as I like to call them, the NEWEY's 2007. (It's snappier, it has more zing, It's easier to type!)

It is a truth universally acknowledged that any wo/man in possession of a successful business must be in want of an award.

We want to be judged, to be told that we have done well, to be patted on the back and given a gold star. More than that we want to be told that we are better than others, more successful, more betterer! more successfuler! ; )

And thus the awards show was born.

Official recognition for all your hours of toil, your night of glory in front of all your business peers and hopefully plenty of free marketing ...should you win of course.

A letter arrived for me last week informing me that this years awards have been launched and I am now able to complete my entry and attend the nomination night on the 28th of June. So this evening I have printed of the forms and as with any paperwork I am now putting of the task of actually filling it in.

I shouldn't be surprised really, there is a certain affliction that comes from being your own boss, or at least there is for me. I am cursed with a sense of illegitmacy. I feel as though my business doesn't deserve praise. It isn't a real business, and all the other businesses out there will be making much more money than I am, will be much more organized, much more effective in their chosen market place. Much more real.

Apparently this is a bit of a common concern though, for women especially (excuse the genderizing). On the Women into Network website (which organises the event) they state as one of their reasons for setting up the NEWEY's:

'Women are natural communicators but don’t shout about their achievements – the Awards help them to do that and celebrate their success. We encourage women to 'blow their own trumpet' by self nominating and receiving the recognition they deserve.'

Maybe my personal sense of acheivement will be not be enough for an award but I do have a business and I am in the market place, there has been commerce and I should complete my nomination forms, whether I think I've got a shot or not.

Even if I don't actually get my lips around the reed I can at least say I've polished the brass!

Check out the website @ www.womenintothenetwork.co.uk
Closing date for nominations is Friday 21st of September 2007.

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