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I would recommend any small business to enter the David Awards. Winning the Supreme Award was both an honour and surprise, it's great to be recognised for doing what you love every day.

The whole Pure SEO team gathered in the boardroom to watch the results on the big screen, the reaction when we won was amazing - the entire team were extremely proud.

We have since used momentum from the win to build and grow our business even more.

As a small business owner it's very easy to forget and celebrate how far you've come because we often think about the future, what's next and take time to stop, pause and reflect. Also entering the awards allowed us to assess all our systems and processes as to how effective and efficient they are, and by spending time "on the business" rather than "in" allowed us to further tighten our systems and foster new ideas that can be used.

Oh – and winning the Supreme Award and the trophy was terrific too!!!

We are just so humbled by this result. We never expected to win both the categories we entered, let alone the top prize. We are blown away by this recognition, and by the feedback we are receiving from our community.

Just entering The David Awards was an opportunity to reflect on what our team has done in our short time as a company, and celebrate many small achievements where we have helped people. It's brought our team closer together and reminded me personally why I started this business.

To be a finalist was an honour in and of itself. To win Most Outstanding Fledgling Business and Most Community-Minded Business is so humbling. To win the Supreme Award as well I'm almost at a loss for words.

Entering the awards allowed us to look at our business from a different angle, celebrate our success and identify areas for improvement. We've come a long way from a suburban garage in Palmerston North... We still both work from home, enjoying the flexible lifestyle rewards; but also the challenges of running what is now a multi-million dollar business with pre-school aged kids sitting underneath the desks and playing in the offices.

The Supreme award was a delightful addition [to the Lifestyle and Transitional awards] and we're sure that we will receive incalculablebenefits from receiving the award

Entering the David Awards has been a really great opportunity to stop and list out all of the achievements we've made so far over the past eight years. We've won a lot of food awards. We focus heavily on our different flavour combinations. In the last eight years, we've won 18 food awards, but entering a business award is something completely new to me. And when I found the David Awards, I thought it was the perfect one to start with.

Firstly, it allowed us to apply for an award in the true context of our present situation, that of the little battler struggling to emerge from amongst giants. With most awards this aspect is downplayed. In the case of the David Awards it is celebrated.

Secondly, the categories are reflective of the genuine stages faced by startups. Like the above, this allows us to present ourselves frankly and candidly and be judged in a small business context absent the pressure and sophisticated PR of larger operations. That we are privileged to have received this award means we can, on our website and other marketing material and in conversation, drop in the fact that we are 'winners'.

To have been externally judged and found meritorious, especially in a place as small as NZ, is very valuable. We will lean on this honour for years to come.

The David Awards have given a great opportunity to actually really reflect on my business. I recommend it to anyone and I have entered a few times over the years and going through the insightful questions and really reflecting on what it is you're doing well, celebrating that success and also noticing the areas that you can work on is really powerful and I've been very fortunate to become a finalist multiple times and it's really lovely, I think as a solo business owner often we don't take that time to celebrate or to reflect so it forces you to do that.

So I recommend it to everyone. Becoming a finalist, I think it's just a lovely affirmation really of the work that I put in. I do set really high goals for myself.

It was such an honour to win the Marketing Award last year - it was such a boost to receive recognition for the hard work we put in and then fun we have with marketing! Highly recommend other businesses get involved in The David Awards.

Winning the 2010 Supreme Award secured us some great publicity as well as additional credibility with new customers.

The whole David Awards experience also gave me confidence and impetus to really push forward in overseas markets. As a result we have recently experienced some encouraging success breaking into the Australian market and we’re building a successful relationship with a UK partner.

We are so thrilled and excited to find out that we are the winners! Can't put in words how highly we appreciate your trust in us!

I just wanted to send a quick email to that you so much for my Lifestyle Business Award and for the judges comments and feedback.

I am just so thrilled and this is such motivation to continue to grow my flexible business model to help other in achieving a greater life balance.