The BBB Foundation Spark Awards for Entrepreneurship recognizes young businesses and the next generation of marketplace leaders in our community.
About the BBB Spark Awards
The BBB Foundation Spark Awards program honors remarkable entrepreneurs and new businesses in our community. Honorees of this program are businesses that have been operating for three years or less, or businesses with owners aged 35 or younger.
This is BBB’s chance to spotlight the next generation of business community leaders and deliver on our mission to celebrate marketplace role models.
BBB Spark Awards Regions
The Spark Awards regions include:
- Alaska
- Central Colorado
- Hawaii
- Idaho + Western Wyoming
- Montana
- Oregon
- Washington
The 2024 Spark Awards application is closed.
Finalists will be announced here in August!
The next Spark Awards application cycle will open in spring 2025.
Thank you to our 2024 sponsors!
Presenting Sponsor
For over 36 years, Bridge City Law has made a positive difference for people injured in an accident, the medical providers who care for them, their team, and within the community. In 2022, they became the first B Corp personal injury law firm in the world, exemplifying their commitment to transparent, values-based practices and a sustainable economy. Their attorneys and legal professionals are fierce protectors and compassionate advocates, launching two online portals: one for folks injured in an accident and another for the medical providers who treat them. They’ve also translated their website for Spanish-speaking community members, leveling the playing field and ensuring access to free resources, reflecting their dedication to the ethical and socially responsible practice of law.
Platinum Sponsors
American Furniture Warehouse was founded in 1975 when Jake Jabs purchased the struggling, 90-year-old American Furniture Company. Under Jabs' leadership over the last four decades, American Furniture Warehouse is vastly different than the one-store operation he purchased in 1975.
Today, American Furniture Warehouse, which is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, is one of the top retail furniture companies in the U.S. with sales topping $700 million in 2018 and with nearly 3,000 employees throughout Colorado, Arizona, and Texas.
At today's American Furniture Warehouse, customers enjoy the largest selection of quality, stylish home furnishings and accessories at the lowest prices in the state.. American Furniture Warehouse makes a priority of working efficiently and keeping costs low, so that those savings can be passed on to the more than one million customers the company serves each year.
Find out more about American Furniture Warehouse here.
The story of DaBella is anything but typical.
In our industry, it’s common for people to talk about the dream of one day owning their own business, often driven by the desire to make a lot of money. The start to our story, however, is different. It entails a motivated, young family who had worked in the home improvement industry but envisioned a different kind of home services company. The goal was not just to build a business, but to create an extended family, where employees, suppliers and most importantly, customers, were part of the family.
Not coincidentally, the company was founded at the same time as the family was blessed with twins. In fact, the name of the company comes from a combination of their names — David and Isabella. But DaBella is so much more than a company’s name. From the beginning it has been a second family name for employees. It’s the nameplate of a company who works in the name of families.
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