Faces of Main Street, a photography and story competition that features submittals of inspiring stories of over 28 million small business owners and entrepreneurs from across America, announced its first three winners.
The competition is powered by Lendio, a free online service that helps business owners find the right small business loans within minutes, and was launched over a month ago with the mission to showcase their emotional stories through photos and stories.
The Faces of Main Street contest participants, submitted photos and stories from all across the country that were judged in the following areas
- Composition
- Exposure
- Creativity
- Storytelling
Jay Glauser, one of the winners of the December photo competition was excited to be a part of the competition and honored to win. “I love interviewing and picking the brains of successful business builders. Entrepreneurs are some of the most passionate people you’ll ever meet and I think Faces of Main Street is a brilliant idea.”
Burke Alder, VP of Marketing at Lendio, shared the Faces of Main Street photography and story competition will be an ongoing, nationwide, contest that will select winners on a monthly basis. “Lendio is encouraging anyone with an inspiring story to enter the contest,” said Alder. “It’s fun and it’s easy.”
Marketing ambassador of Faces of Main Street, Bryan Doom noted, “If the December submissions during our initial kick-off are any indication of the talent and quality we will be judging in the coming months. We will have some very difficult decisions to make.”
Lendio is a free online service that helps business owners find the right small business loans within minutes. The center of small business lending, our passion is fueling the American Dream by uniting the small business loan industry and bringing all options together in one place, from short-term specialty financing to long-term low-interest traditional loans. Our technology makes small business lending simple, decreasing the amount of time and effort it takes to secure funding.