Shwood Voted America’s Favorite Small Business

• Wins $75,000 prize package from Dell, MasterCard and Microsoft
• Will appear in a professionally produced web-based reality show about their business

ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Following an eight-week long search, Dell, MasterCard and Microsoft are excited to announce that Shwood Handcrafted Wooden Eyewear has been voted as the winner of the “America’s Favorite Small Business” contest.

Beginning August 15, 2011, businesses with 25 or fewer employees were asked to create a short video explaining why they should be America’s Favorite Small Business (AFSB), and upload the video via YouTube (YouTube.com/DellBusiness). A select panel of Dell, MasterCard and Microsoft judges filtered the more than 200 video entries down to the best 10 submissions and invited the public to vote for their favorite.

In addition to winning $25,000 in Dell solutions and Microsoft software suited to their unique needs and a $50,000 MasterCard prepaid card to be applied toward business expenses and supplies, Shwood will also be awarded the opportunity to promote their business through their own web reality show, premiering Oct. 25, 2011 on Dell’s Facebook page (Facebook.com/DellBusiness). The other AFSB competition finalists will receive a $1,000 MasterCard prepaid card.

Small businesses are the economic engine of the United States, driving growth, innovation and employment across the nation. This contest was created to honor the entrepreneurial spirit of business owners and spotlight the success of these unsung American heroes.

The Dell prize package includes solutions specifically designed for small businesses. All of the PCs will come loaded with Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition and Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Business. The MasterCard prepaid card provides small business owners payment solutions that offer more convenience and efficiency than cash ever could. Not only can they streamline and automate the payment of vendors with a prepaid card, MasterCard acceptance provides their customers the freedom to pay in a way that best fits their needs and lifestyle.

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Dell
Laura P Thomas, 512-723-1716
Laura_P_Thomas@Dell.com
or
MasterCard
Seth Eisen, 914-249-3153
Seth_Eisen@MasterCard.com
or
Microsoft
Michele Fielding, 425-638-7157
mkerr@waggeneredstrom.com

Source: Dell Inc.

Released October 11, 2011