Call for Award Entries: "Fast 50 Asian American Businesses" Awards

WASHINGTON - Jan. 27, 2014 - PRLog -- USPAACC is now accepting applications/nominations for its “Fast 50 Asian American Businesses” Awards.

The “Fast 50 Asian American Businesses” Awardees will be presented at the black-tie Excellence Awards Reception and Gala Dinner on June 2 at the Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner, in Tysons Corner, Virginia.

Founders, CEOs, COOs and Presidents will fly in from all over the country to receive the Award. This event is part of USPAACC’s annual flagship CelebrAsian Procurement Opportunity Conference 2014 on June 2 - 4.

PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi is the Conference Chair and the keynote speaker at the Excellence Awards Gala Dinner.

To qualify, companies must be owned (at least 51%) and managed by one or more Asian Americans (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) and with at least $1 million in annual revenue in the immediate past 3 fiscal years of operation. Selection will be determined by percentage revenue growth over the past three years.

The growth rates will be independently verified, ranked and revealed at the Gala by the global professional services firm of Ernst and Young, the Awards sponsor.

Deadline for applications/nominations is March 21, 2014.

Almost $4 billion in revenue were generated by USPAACC’s Fast 50 Asian American businesses last year, with companies reporting up to 205% growth rate. The winners came from a wide range of industries nationwide — supply chain management, healthcare, professional staffing, food wholesale, IT, environmental, green energy, media, etc. — owned and managed by Americans of Chinese, South Asian, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Malaysian, Taiwanese and Vietnamese descent.

CelebrAsian is the oldest and largest procurement conference designed for the Asian American business community, featuring informative summits, workshops, networking events, and it signature pre-scheduled one-on-one business matchmaking meetings.

Every year, CelebrAsian connects hundreds of top-caliber Asian American suppliers and business owners with buyers from Fortune 1000 Corporations, the Federal, State and Local government, large non-profits, and the small and minority business community.

This year, USPAACC lists over 50 different types of commodities that are earmarked to be purchased across industries.

To apply or for inquiries, contact USPAACC at Tel (202) 296-5221 or email Janice@uspaacc.com or Mihyun@uspaacc.com or visit http://www.uspaacc.com or http://www.celebrasianconference.com

ABOUT USPAACC: Founded in 1984 as a non-profit and non-partisan organization, the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC) is headquartered in Washington, DC with Regional Chapters in CA, TX, NY, GA, IL, CT, DC-MD-VA National Capital Area. USPAACC is the single unified voice for equal opportunity for Asian American businesses. We promote and propel economic growth by opening doors to business, educational and professional opportunities for Asian Americans and their business partners in corporate America, government at the federal, state and local levels, and the small and minority business community. For 29 years, USPAACC has served and will continue to serve as the gateway to large corporate and government contracts, top-caliber Asian American and small and minority suppliers, key information about Asian Americans and business opportunities in the dynamic Asia-Pacific market.

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