Each year, the US Small Business Administration (SBA) selects companies that exemplify small business success and individuals or champions that create the right environment to make that success happen. 

Here are the winners from 2010 (click on their names to read more):

Business Person of the Year - Jerry Jost, Jost Chemical Co.

Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business Award - Judy & Scott Mosby, Mosby Building Arts

Entrepreneurial Success Award - Jennifer Williams, St. Louis Closet Co. and Saint Louis Cellars Food & Wine

Women in Business Champion of the Year - Louise Wiedermann, Project Technology Consulting

Financial Services Champion of the Year - Joy Ann Venverloh, Lexx Funding

Young Entrepreneur of the Year - Nicole Reynolds, End of the Rainbow Child Development Center

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