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Small Business Award Winners


2010 Small Business Award Recipients
2010 Small Business Award Recipients
(L to R): Small Business Council Chair Robert Serenka; Marty Bohunicky of Working Pictures (Micro-Enterprise Award); Denise DuBois of Complexions Spa for Beauty and Wellness (Small Business of the Year) and Chamber Board Chair Ken Desmond.

Click on the podcast icon next to a recipient's name to listen to a short interview in the Chamber Podcast Series.

Past Recipients

2010
Complexions Spa & Salon for Beauty & Wellness Small Business of the Year
Working Pictures Micro-enterprise


2009
Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc. Small Business of the Year
Pump Wear Inc. Micro-enterprise
Sabre Technical Services LLC Ingenuity Award of Excellence


2008
TL Metzger & Associates, LLC Barry L. Gold Memorial Small Business of the Year
Palio Community Service
Albany Aqua Ducks & Trolleys, Inc. Entrepreneurial Excellence
Radiant Pools Innovative Enterprise
Rosenstein Family of Jack’s Oyster House Lifetime Achievement
Miron’s For Floors Micro-enterprise
Spendwood School of Dance & Gymnastics, LLC Spirit of Cohoes
LabPrints, LLC Tech Triumph


2007  
Walter Snyder Printer Barry L. Gold Memorial Small Business of the Year
Lavelle and Finn Community Service
Cotton Hill Studios Entrepreneurial Excellence
BullEX Digital Safety Innovative Enterprise
Francis Murdock Pitts
architecture+
Lifetime Achievement
The Bradley Agency Micro-enterprise
Harmony House Marketplace Spirit of Cohoes
Newkey Media Solutions Tech Triumph


2006

TAG Solutions, LLC
Capital Financial Planning LLC
MSE Power Systems, Inc
GLOBALSPEC, Inc
Fred Miller
The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc
Gavant Software
X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc.

Barry L. Gold Memorial Small Business of the Year
Community Service
Entrepreneurial Excellence
Innovative Enterprise
Lifetime Achievement

Micro-enterprise
Tech Triumph



2005

The Party Warehouse
Sawchuk, Brown Associates
Mr. Subb, Inc.
Tangora Technologies, Inc.
Alba and Tony Giordano
Plaza Travel & Meetings
Creative Marketing Concepts
Tech Valley Communications

Barry L. Gold Memorial Small Business of the Year
Community Service
Entrepreneurial Excellence
Innovative Enterprise
Lifetime Achievement

Micro-enterprise
Tech Valley Tomorrow



2004

NY Business Development Corporation
Women’s Forum Whiteman Osterman & Hanna
Angelo Mazzone
Glen Sanders Mansion
Classe Catering Ltd
Informz Inc.
D & D Consulting Ltd.

Barry L. Gold Memorial Small Business of the Year
Community Service
Lifetime Achievement

Entrepreneurial Excellence
Innovative Enterprise
Tech Valley Tomorrow



2003

Superior Business Products Inc.
Communication Services
Cornea Consultants of Albany
Absolute Promotions
Marvin A. Freedman
Anchor Agency Inc.
James Hundt, Architect
IA Systems Inc.

Barry L. Gold Memorial Small Business of the Year
Community Service
Entrepreneurial Excellence
Innovative Enterprise
Lifetime Achievement


Micro-enterprise
Tech Valley Tomorrow



2002

CommSoft
Capital Communications Federal Credit Union Mohawk
Rumors Ltd.
Innovative Technology Inc.
David Allen Snyder Sr.
Walter Snyder Printer Inc.
Jeanne A. Benas Art Studio 
VersaTrans Solutions Inc.

Barry L. Gold Memorial Small Business of the Year
Community Service
Entrepreneurial Excellence
Innovative Enterprise
Lifetime Achievement

Micro-enterprise
Tech Valley Tomorrow



2001

Rapid Application Developers, Inc.
Superior Business Products, Inc.
media logic
Computer Rentals of America, LLC
Edward Swyer
Stuyvesant Plaza, Inc
2k Design

Barry L. Gold Memorial Small Business of the Year
Community Service
Entrepreneurial Excellence
Innovative Enterprise
Lifetime Achievement

Micro-enterprise

1999-2000 || Celebrating a Century of Success

Albany International Corporation
Hudson Valley Paper Company
Organichem Corporation
The Woodward Company
CB Richard Ellis/Robert Cohn
Capstone, Inc.
Grignon Construction
Com-Tech Electronics
Larry Davis
Billing Concepts









U.S. Small Business Administration Small Business Person of the Year

1998

Rose & Kiernan
Pearl Grant Richman’s
MARK-TECH Optoelectronics
Scarano Boat Building
David Terrenzio
New York Business Development Corporation

Barry L. Gold Memorial Small Business of the Year
Community Service
Entrepreneurial Excellence
Innovative Enterprise
U.S. Small Business Administration Financial Advocate of the Year Award

1997

Sano-Rubin Construction Co.
Pearl Grant Richman’s
MicroKnowledge
Precisions Valve & Automation
Lyn Dolan
Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce
Richard Louis
AlbanyNet

Barry L. Gold Memorial Small Business of the Year
Community Service
Entrepreneurial Excellence
Innovative Enterprise
U.S. Small Business Administration Federal Region 2 Financial Advocate of the Year Award
U.S. Small Business Administration Federal Region 2 Entrepreneur of the Year Award

1996

Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering
Ben & Jerry’s/Seattle Sub & Pita Co.
Beaux Visages Ltd.
Albany Molecular Research
Robert Lazar
New York Business Development Corporation

Barry L. Gold Memorial Small Business of the Year
Community Service
Entrepreneurial Excellence
Innovative Enterprise
Lifetime Achievement Award

1995

AWESCO
Qualters Restaurant

Barry L. Gold Memorial Small Business of the Year
Community Service

1994

Mr. Subb
Plaza Travel Center, Inc.
Mansion Hill Inn

Entrepreneurial Excellence
Innovative Enterprise
Small Business of the Year

1993

M. Hurt Supply Inc.
ViaPhone

Community Service
Innovative Enterprise

1992

Standard Copy Products Inc.
REGALO A Gift Experience
Arthur R. Kapner
Connecticut Mutual Life/Anchor Security Insurance
Arthur J. Crandall
Standard Copy Products Inc.
Fred Field
Colonie Town Supervisor
Ira Whitman and John Botti
BitWise Designs, Inc.

Barry L. Gold Memorial Small Business of the Year
Innovative Enterprise
Lifetime Achievement Award

Small Business Person of the Year, U.S. Small Business Administration
U.S. Small Business Administration Minority Business Advocate of the Year
U.S. Small Business Administration
Young Entrepreneur of the Year

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