Open only to small businesses.

Each Nominator may nominate up to five separate Businesses during the Contest Period.

Each Business must be located in and operate in the fifty United States (including the District of Columbia) and must:
(a) have been established (meaning the actual business formation/when the Business registered with
their Secretary of State) for at least one year at the time of nomination;
(b) have no more than ninety-nine W-2 employees, including Business owner(s) as of the date of
entry into the Contest;
(c) be for profit or a 501(c) (3) organization;
(d) be currently active and lawful, including but not limited to having all required licenses and
registrations; and
(e) not be a prior winner of the Intuit QuickBooks and Mailchimp Small Business Hero Program contest in the past 2 years.