“Well, Susan Lucci, how does it feel?”
– What Jay Tully said Wednesday to his wife, Cocoa Dolce founder Beth Tully, after she lost the finals of the Wichita chamber’s Small Business Awards for the second time (she’s also been a finalist, but not a winner, for two national chamber awards)
WICHITA — Bill Ramsey, owner of Bill Guy Technology Solutions, was in his office Thursday morning when he received a letter from the Small Business Administration.
His wife and son were there, too, and saw his face drop.
“My wife was like, ‘What? What’s wrong?’”
Nothing was wrong, but Ramsey couldn’t believe what he was reading was right.
It said the SBA named him the Kansas Small Business Person of the Year for 2011.
“There’s got to be a mistake,” he told his family. “I’m not reading this right.”
So he called the SBA.
“They knew exactly who I was,” Ramsey says. “I’m just stunned.”
Ken Elliott with the Kansas Small Business Development Center nominated Ramsey.
Elliott has been Ramsey’s business counselor.
Ramsey started his business as a one-man shop in 2001 to help businesses manage their computer networks.
“They go to Hell. You don’t!”
– Entrepreneur Jack DeBoer, speaking at the chamber Small Business Awards lunch today, on dealing with liars and cheaters in business