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Local Company, SoulRealiS, Named Runner-Up in Sage's National Small Business Start-Up Contest
SoulRealiS Recognized in Entrepreneurial Contest on MyBizCounts.com
| Source: Sage
NEWARK, NJ--(Marketwire - October 22, 2009) - Sage North America today announced the winner
and runners-up in its $20,000 MyBizCounts.com Start-Up Cash
Contest, aimed at helping entrepreneurs turn their business dreams into
reality. Newark-based SoulRealiS LLC was named a runner-up in this
nationwide contest spotlighting the entrepreneurial spirit.
"It was a big step for me to go out on my own and form my own business,"
said Sean R. Scott, founder, SoulRealiS. "This was a great opportunity for
me to get exposure for my new company, and I really appreciate the support
from Sage for myself and the other entrepreneurs in the competition."
SoulRealiS is located in the Enterprise Development Center high technology
business incubator at New Jersey Institute of Technology (www.njit-edc.org)
where it has received mentoring and coaching support.
Contest participants were tasked with creating a brief video commercial for
their business idea or new business (less than two years old), along with
their business plan and a brief essay. Based on online votes, the 20 most
popular videos advanced to the final judging round. Videos, business plans
and essays were then evaluated by a team of small business experts,
including Wayne Rivers, co-founder and president, Family Business
Institute, and Bob Shephard, Director External Affairs - Florida, SCORE.
"Small businesses are the main engine driving the economy, and while the
past year has been difficult from an economic perspective, the passion and
creativity that drive small business owners to success is as strong as
ever," said Doug Meyer, Chief Customer Officer, Sage North America. "The
gifted entrepreneurs who participated in our startup cash contest -- and
millions of others like them across North America -- are the reason that
Sage employees come to work each day, supporting small businesses' dreams,
vision, and goals."
Sean R. Scott is the Founder & CEO of SoulRealiS, and graduated with a BS
in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, held software
development positions at Merrill Lynch and AT&T, and was most recently a
Producer in the video games industry for 2K, a subsidiary of top video
games publisher Take Two Interactive.
GameDevMasters is a current
project of SoulRealiS LLC. GameDevMasters is an online marketplace for
outsourcing video game development. Outsourcing is one of the hottest
growth areas in the video games industry but unfortunately many are still
trying to figure out how best to use the internet to advertise projects and
services. GameDevMasters is fulfilling a technological need in the way
everyone finds, evaluates, and hires game developers.
As a runner-up in the MyBizCounts.com contest, SoulRealiS receives software
and services with a retail value of nearly $4,000 to assist them in
managing their businesses: Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting 2010
Multi-user Version with one year of Peachtree Freedom Support; ACT! by Sage
2010 with 5 user licenses; Timeslips by Sage 2010
5-user version; Palo Alto Software's Business Plan Pro Standard Edition
Version 11; and Palo Alto Software's Marketing Plan Pro.
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of business management software and services. Sage North America employs
more than 4,100 people and supports nearly 2.9 million small and
medium-size business customers. The Sage Group plc, formed in 1981, was
floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and now employs 14,500 people
and supports 5.8 million customers worldwide. For more information, please
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