{"id":31192,"date":"2018-10-11T08:01:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T15:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=31192"},"modified":"2018-10-11T10:56:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T17:56:14","slug":"southwest-office-systems-honored-by-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-as-2018-minority-owned-business-achievement-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2018\/10\/southwest-office-systems-honored-by-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-as-2018-minority-owned-business-achievement-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Office Systems Honored by U.S. Chamber of Commerce as 2018 Minority-Owned Business Achievement Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fort Worth, TX (Oct. 9, 2018)<\/em> \u2014 The U.S. Chamber of Commerce awarded Southwest Office Systems, Inc. (SOS) with the 2018 Minority-Owned Business Achievement Award during its annual Dream Big Awards Celebration. The annual awards ceremony celebrates the achievements of small businesses and honors their contributions to America\u2019s economic growth.<\/p>\n

\"\"Vince Puente, SOS President of Sales and Marketing, said: \u201cThis award is a validation of our team\u2019s hard work and dedication.\u201d President of Finance and Operations for SOS, Buddy Puente, said. \u201cIt\u2019s really an honor to be recognized nationally for our company\u2019s success and contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2018 Minority-Owned Business Achievement Award recognizes a minority-owned, small business that has attained outstanding business achievement and exemplifies the significant contributions made by minority-owned businesses in the country. The business must also have management and daily operations controlled by at least one U.S. citizen of a minority group.<\/p>\n

Award winners were selected by a panel of judges from twenty-one finalists in consideration for each of the six Business Achievement Awards and the one Dream Big Small Business of the Year Award. All twenty-one finalists were also eligible for the Community Excellence Award, which was decided through online public voting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Dream Big awards celebrate those who are achieving success, creating opportunity, working hard, and inspiring others,\u201d said Suzanne Clark, senior executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. \u201cThis year\u2019s finalists were drawn from the largest group of award applications in the history of the program\u2014they are the best of the best. Small business is the strong fiber that knits our nation together\u2014not just economically, but culturally and socially. Thank you for continuing to inspire us and congratulations to all of our award finalists.\u201d<\/p>\n

Award winners were announced at the Dream Big Awards Celebration on Wednesday, October 3 in Washington, D.C. as part of the 2018 Small Business Summit, which took place at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n

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About Southwest Office Systems<\/strong>
\nSouthwest Office Systems Inc.<\/a> was founded in 1964 by Victor Puente Sr. and began as a two-man typewriter repair company. Rapid growth led to sons Buddy and Vince joining their father in 1972; eventually leading to ownership. Southwest Office Systems has since grown to be the largest independent office equipment dealer in the Southwest. With the strength of being independent and an emphasis on people, product and service, SOS is equipped to meet the demands of the evolving document imaging industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fort Worth, TX (Oct. 9, 2018) \u2014 The U.S. Chamber of Commerce awarded Southwest Office Systems, Inc. (SOS) with the 2018 Minority-Owned Business Achievement Award during its annual Dream Big Awards Celebration. The annual awards ceremony celebrates the achievements of small businesses and honors their contributions to America\u2019s economic growth. Vince Puente, SOS President of Sales and Marketing, said: \u201cThis award is a validation of our team\u2019s hard work and dedication.\u201d President of Finance and Operations for SOS, Buddy Puente, said. \u201cIt\u2019s really an honor to be recognized nationally for our company\u2019s success and contributions.\u201d The 2018 Minority-Owned Business Achievement Award recognizes a minority-owned, small business that has attained outstanding business achievement and exemplifies the significant contributions made by minority-owned businesses in the country. The business must also have management and daily operations controlled by at least one U.S. citizen of a minority group. Award winners were selected by a panel of judges from twenty-one finalists in consideration for each of the six Business Achievement Awards and the one Dream Big Small Business of the Year Award. All twenty-one finalists were also eligible for the Community Excellence Award, which was decided through online public voting. \u201cThe Dream Big awards celebrate those who are achieving success, creating opportunity, working hard, and inspiring others,\u201d said Suzanne Clark, senior executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. \u201cThis year\u2019s finalists were drawn from the largest group of award applications in the history of the program\u2014they are the best of the best. Small business is the strong fiber that knits our nation together\u2014not just economically, but culturally and socially. Thank you for continuing to inspire us and congratulations to all of our award finalists.\u201d Award winners were announced at the Dream Big Awards Celebration on Wednesday, October 3 in Washington, D.C. as part of the 2018 Small Business Summit, which took place at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. ### About Southwest Office Systems Southwest Office Systems Inc. was founded in 1964 by Victor Puente Sr. and began as a two-man typewriter repair company. Rapid growth led to sons Buddy and Vince joining their father in 1972; eventually leading to ownership. Southwest Office Systems has since grown to be the largest independent office equipment dealer in the Southwest. With the strength of being independent and an emphasis on people, product and service, SOS is equipped to meet the demands of the evolving document imaging industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[3009],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31192"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31192"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31225,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31192\/revisions\/31225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}