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Austin, TX (PRESS RELEASE – May 22, 2010) – BigCommerce, the leading provider of ecommerce software for small business merchants, today announced the BigCommerce $35,000 Ecommerce Makeover Contest to find online merchants with the potential to make it big but who need a little help to do it.

St. Paul, Minnesota (PRESS RELEASE – May 8, 2010) — Many small businesses have a love-hate relationship with their websites — they love to reach new customers online, but struggle to keep the sites fresh and up-to-date.

Deluxe Corporation (NYSE: DLX) is looking for those in most desperate need of a website makeover to receive complimentary website tools and services in the “I Hate My Website” contest.

Houston (PRESS RELEASE – March 5, 2010) – Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence named Sarah Stevens of Charlotte, NC the grand prize winner of the Make Mine a Million $ Business RACE (M3RACE), a year-long business growth competition for women entrepreneurs at the American Express OPEN Women’s Business Summit in Houston.

Dallas (PRESS RELEASE – December 5, 2009) — It takes a lot to run a successful small business and as the digital marketplace continues to evolve, standing out in the crowd is becoming more challenging.

Mountain View, California (PRESS RELEASE – September 6, 2009) – This Labor Day is different. More Americans than ever are working independently as companies embrace new work models while shunning the conventional construct of full-time employment.

PALO ALTO, California, (PRESS RELEASE - July 9, 2009) – HP today launched a contest that challenges small businesses to exchange their current printer for an HP Officejet Pro and save up to 50 percent on color printing costs and energy use.(1)

The HP Officejet Pro Challenge will allow five randomly selected small businesses to test drive the new HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-in-One for four weeks.

During this period, the businesses will share their printing experiences through blog posts on the HP Small and Medium Business Community.

PALO ALTO, California (PRESS RELEASE - July 5, 2009) – HP today launched a contest that challenges small businesses to exchange their current printer for an HP Officejet Pro and save up to 50 percent on color printing costs and energy use.(1)

The HP Officejet Pro Challenge will allow five randomly selected small businesses to test drive the new HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-in-One for four weeks.

During this period, the businesses will share their printing experiences through blog posts on the HP Small and Medium Business Community.

Mountain View, California (PRESS RELEASE – June 10, 2009) – Ioana Sherman always had a passion for music.

As a 10-year-old, she begged her mom for a clarinet so she could join the school band. Now, 19 years later, she plans to transform a home into a music school for children using a $25,000 grant as the grand prize winner of Intuit Inc.’s Small Business United Grant Competition.

Washington, DC (PRESS RELEASE - April 7, 2009) - SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” and Scribd.com, a leading social media Web site, have launched the national “Dream Test Competition” to honor the best business plan with a $10,000 grand prize.

The contest is co-sponsored by Thomas Nelson publishers and SUCCESS magazine. It is open to anyone thinking about starting their dream business.

SANTA MONICA, Ca. (PRESS RELEASE - January 12, 2009) - Business.com, the leading business search engine, directory and pay-per-click advertising network, today announced a broad cross section of small businesses as winners of its first ever What Works for Business contest.

Designed to reward small businesses finding practical solutions to today’s market challenges, the 2008 contest received entries from companies all over the United States and Canada.