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Nominations are now being accepted for the 23rd Annual Texas Family Business of the Year awards which will be presented November 1, 2012 at a banquet on the Baylor University campus in Waco, Texas. The Institute for Family Business at Baylor University hosts this annual awards ceremony to recognize and honor outstanding family enterprises from across the state of Texas. The deadline for receiving nominations is April 18, 2012.

If you know of an outstanding Texas family business, please fill out the online nomination form available at http://www.baylor.edu/tx_family_business/nom ^[2]. If you are proud of your own family business, then you owe it to yourself, your family, and your employees to self-nominate your family enterprise!

Applying for a prestigious Texas Family Business of the Year award is a great opportunity to recount the story of your family’s business, its history and highlights; to authorize a health check on your family business; explore commonly held Family Business Best Practices, and spot areas in your business that might need attention.

Past winners of the awards have received positive nationwide publicity, highlighting their products and services, and paying tribute to their staff.

For further information please see http://www.baylor.edu/business/entrepreneur/tx_family_business/index.php?id=24140 ^[3], contact Dawn Maitz, Associate Director of the Institute for Family Business, at phone 254-710-4159, or email Dawn at Dawn_Maitz@baylor.edu ^[4].