"Relate to your business with your head, to your family with your heart."
Many among the 300-plus who attended the 2011 Maine Family Business Awards, produced by the Institute for Family-Owned Business, remember those words by keynote speaker Howdy Holmes.*
So act now, take a first step and gain recognition for your family-owned business. Nominate your company-or another firm-today and be there in 2012 when the Institute for Family-Owned Business celebrates its 13th year: Monday, May 14, 5:30 p.m., Marriott Hotel in South Portland.
Awards categories are:
Maddy Corson award for businesses with fewer than 25 employees.
Leon Gorman award for plus 25 employees.
Shep Lee award for community service.
Customer Service Award.
First Generation Award.
*Howdy Holmes is a former Indy 500 race car driver and current CEO of family-owned JIFFY Mixes.
