Call for Applications, Nominations for Young Entrepreneur of Southern New Jersey 2006

Miles Technologies, in cooperation with the Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey, announce the search is on for the 2006 Young Entrepreneur of Southern New Jersey. Nomination and application forms are available at milestechnologies.com. Deadline for applications is April 26, 2006. Young Entrepreneur of Southern New Jersey 2006 Awards reception set for May 18, 2006 at Regency Palace, Mount Laurel, New Jersey.

MOORESTOWN, NJ (PRWEB) December 8, 2005 -- Miles Technologies, in cooperation with the Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey, is pleased to announce applications and nominations are now being accepted for the Young Entrepreneur of Southern New Jersey 2006 Award Program. Nominations and applications are available for download at http://www.milestechnologies.com/mye2006.

Conceptualized by Burlington County Entrepreneur Chris Miles, 35, who started his first company at the age of 12 and founded Miles Technologies at the age of 26 in 1997, the Young Entrepreneur of Southern New Jersey Award – also known as The Miles Award - gives recognition to progressive young business owners under the age of 30 operating businesses in Southern New Jersey.

The Young Entrepreneur of Southern New Jersey Award for 2006 will be presented to a South Jersey entrepreneur, under the age of 30, meeting all the criteria as established by the award’s creator in cooperation with the Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey. Recognition awards spotlighting a selection of candidates qualified to receive an Emerging Young Entrepreneur of Southern New Jersey award will give credit to South Jersey entrepreneurs, under the age of 30, who may not meet all the specific criteria of the Young Entrepreneur of Southern New Jersey Award, but who may be operating unique, successful businesses worthy of an honorable mention. The Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey, working in cooperation with Rowan University School of Business, will oversee the selection process for the second year in a row.

"The Young Entrepreneur of Southern New Jersey awards help South Jersey encourage the creation and growth of companies that provide jobs, keep talent in the region and provide the founders a sense of personal satisfaction," reports Dr. K. Mark Weaver, Rohrer Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies and the Executive Director of the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Rowan University. "These awards are a key part of the Entrepreneurs Forum for Southern New Jersey and Rowan University's entrepreneurial outreach programs."

Nomination and Application forms for Young Entrepreneur of Southern New Jersey, can be downloaded at:

Applications and Nominations, http://milestechnologies.com/mye2006.

Young Entrepreneur of Southern New Jersey Awards Program Covered By Money Matters Today

Earlier this year, CN8, The Comcast Network, featured the Young Entrepreneur of Southern New Jersey award winners for 2005 in a special segment devoted to the awards program on the primetime CN8 show, Money Matters Today. Miles Technologies was featured prominently by Money Matters, with interviews featuring Chris Miles, as well as the winner of the Miles Young Entrepreneur of Southern New Jersey awards for 2005 – Seth DeForest, president of Boomerang, a used office furniture distributor based on Gloucester County , New Jersey. Emerging Young Entrepreneurs of Southern New Jersey Liz Mitchell and Fred Hodge will also be featured by CN8.

The Miles Young Entrepreneur of Southern New Jersey Award was formally presented to DeForest during a ceremony at Miles Technologies in Moorestown earlier this year. The award was conceptualized by Chris Miles, in cooperation with the Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey, to give recognition to an under age 30 entrepreneur whose company, in accordance with the rules, had sales at or above $75,000 in 2003, made a profit in 2004 and had at least three employees other than the founder(s).

For more information on the Young Entrepreneur of Southern New Jersey 2006, visit http://www.milestechnologies.com.

For more information on the Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey , visit http://www.efsnj.org.

For more information on Chris Miles and Miles Technologies , visit http://www.milestechnologies.com.

About Miles Technologies

Headquartered in Moorestown , New Jersey , Miles Technologies' Information Technology & Computer Consulting division provides Installation and support of networks, servers, and workstations. The company provides onsite and remote support, and custom builds servers and workstations to any specifications. Miles Technologies' Application Development division provides ground-breaking custom software solutions for all company procedures, including Contact Management & Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), project management and task control, automated marketing systems, accounting integration, Sales and Accounting Reporting and more. The company's Website Design Division can create or upgrade any Graphical Website, with a portfolio that includes some of the webs most creatively advanced graphical websites created for business. Miles Technologies also offers Accounting Software Consulting Services where certified consultants help businesses select the software package best suited for their needs, assist in setting up and configuring the company file, provide remote and onsite training and consultation services tailored to the needs of each individual business as well as design customized integration plans with existing off-the-shelf or custom software packages. For more information, visit Miles Technologies website at http://www.milestechnologies.com.

About the Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey

The South Jersey region is also home to three new technology centers, housing numerous start-up ventures. Growing entrepreneurial programs at local universities are creating an additional need in the region for mentoring programs, internship opportunities and field experiences to create the type of innovative entrepreneurial talent needed to fuel the growth of technology and businesses in the region. EFSNJ seeks to coordinate existing resources, through the development of linkages, working relationships and strategic partnerships, and augment them where necessary, to develop an efficient, user-friendly infrastructure of support resources and programs aimed at entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies. For more information, visit EFSNJ at http://www.efsnj.org.

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