Who chose the Manatee Small Business winners?

Judges for this year's Manatee Small Business of the year awards were David Spire of Entech, Karen LaPensee of LaPensee Plumbing, Pools & Air, Doug Van Dyke of Leadership Simplified, Steve Litschauer of S2 Timing and Don Ide of Trophy Case. All the judges are former award winners. The four businesses chosen for this year's set of awards were pulled from a pool of 20 nominees. In all, 98 businesses were nominated for the award.

This story was originally published September 19, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Who chose the Manatee Small Business winners? ."