ORLANDO, Fla. – Chris Hurn, chief executive officer and co-founder of Orlando based Mercantile Capital Corporation, has been nominated for a 2012 Small Business Influence Award, under the category “small business expert.”
Hurn, whose Mercantile Capital Corporation opened nine years ago and ranks as one of the nation’s leading providers of U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 loans for small business owners who want to acquire or develop their own facilities, said he is flattered by the nomination.
Currently, Hurn ranks third in the U.S. in an online poll of small business owners voting for 2012 Small Business Influencer Award nominees. Nominations for the award closed on July 15. Online voting will continue through Aug. 5.
Small Business Influencer Awards are made on the basis of online voting as well as the opinion of a weighted panel of expert judges.
Small Business Influencer Awards honor those who are influential to small businesses in North America, through the products, services, knowledge, information or support they provide to the small business market. The awards are designed to recognize the unsung heroes of small businesses — those who support and encourage entrepreneurs and small business owners, and help them achieve success and stay successful.
Anita Campbell, CEO of Small Business Trends and one of the co-founders of the Small Business Influencer Award, said award recipients play crucial roles in the small business ecosystem, often in the background.
“Many nominees are themselves small business owners, entrepreneurs or small businesses,” Campbell said.
“The Awards provide an added boost in motivation and morale for a nominee's employees and staff that can make a big difference in results," Campbell said.
About the Small Business Influencer Awards
The Small Business Influencer Awards initiative is produced by Small Business Trends, an award-winning online publication, serving over 4 million small business owners, stakeholders and entrepreneurs annually, and SmallBizTechnology.com, a media company that produces online content and live events educating small and mid-sized companies on how to strategically use technology as a tool to grow their businesses. The Awards can be found on the Web at: www.SMBInfluencers.com.
About Mercantile Capital Corporation:
Mercantile Capital Corporation is one of the nation’s leading providers of U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 loans to small business owners who want to acquire, construct, renovate, expand or refinance their commercial facilities. The company closed more commercial loans in the first six months of 2012 than in all of 2011 — 58 loans worth $220.7 million in total project costs. In its nine-year history, Mercantile has financed loans for projects worth more than $965.5 million in total project costs in 37 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and has helped to create or retain 6,584 jobs. More information can be found at www.504Experts.com.
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