The U.S. Embassy to Bucharest will award, in every month of 2015, an exceptional Romanian entrepreneur, according to a release of the institution.

“I applaud all of the entrepreneurs working tirelessly in Romania who continue to strive to keep their dreams alive; they are the future of Romania. As Romania continues to grow and develop, it will need entrepreneurs to build new companies, adapt and reform old ones, and lead the country into the future,” said U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Dean Thompson.

“The Entrepreneur of the Month initiative is our way of recognizing Romania’s amazing entrepreneurs,” he added.

The embassy’s initiative aims to highlight entrepreneurs in all sectors of Romania’s economy, across all regions.

Those who want to participate can do so until November 30, 2015. Nominations can be sent at RomanianEntrepreneur@state.gov and they have to include:

• Name of Submitter:
• Contact: (email and phone)
• City:
• Name of Entrepreneur: (if different)
• Contact: (email and phone)
• City:
• Type of Business:
• Year Founded:
• Website:

as well as the answers to:

• What makes this entrepreneur/business special or innovative?
• How does this entrepreneur contribute to the community/Romania?

The answers to the questions must have a maximum of 1,000 characters.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com