Local entrepreneur wins another award


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The Review's 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year is getting some statewide recognition.

Eric Baird, founder of Bradenton-based MyUs.com, a shipping and mail forwarding company, recently received the Governor's Business Diversification Award for Export Excellence. The award recognizes companies statewide that create jobs and increase capital investment.

Baird founded MyUs.com in 1997, initially calling the company Access USA Shipping. It found a niche early on selling mailboxes stateside for ex-patriots and soldiers living all over the world. In the last three years, however, the company has found its biggest success in shipping products globally.

 

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