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3255 North Arlington Heights Road
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Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Phone: 866-475-7048
Web site: www.sbp-solutions.com 

Strategic Business Partners, LLC Selected for Entrepreneurial Excellence Award

Arlington Heights, IL – September 27, 2006 - Strategic Business Partners, LLC, (“SBP”) is pleased to announce it has been selected as one of the 2006 honorees for Entrepreneurial Excellence by the Business Ledger, the Business Newspaper for Suburban Chicago. SBP received this award in the category of “Service to Entrepreneurs.” The award will be presented at a recognition reception on Wednesday, September 27th in Oak Brook, IL.

“We are honored to have our work recognized by such a prestigious publication as the Business Ledger, a premier business publication within the Chicago metropolitan market,” added Chuck Orabutt, CEO of Strategic Business Partners. “This Award reflects the combined efforts of the entire SBP team. Our firm is comprised of a collection of people that are committed to giving their very best to each and every one of our clients.”

This award, “Service to Entrepreneurs” reflects the important contribution SBP has made helping small to mid-size businesses achieve their potential. “Our clients represent the backbone of our country. They are incredibly hardworking men and women that started out with a dream and a desire to create something that would enhance the well-being of their families and communities. Everyone at SBP considers it a privilege to work with such outstanding individuals and an honor to help them realize those dreams,” added Orabutt.

The Business Ledger is the premier business newspaper for Chicago’s suburbs and serves America’s most dynamic suburban business marketplace. This market represents more than 50,000 businesses, including more than 4,000 annual startups. It has a population of 1.5 million and is projected to reach 1.85 million by 2010. Total readership of The Business Ledger exceeds 50,000 readers.

About Strategic Business Partners, LLC
Strategic Business Partners, LLC, (“SBP”) an Illinois-based management consulting firm, provides operational and organizational consulting services to a broad group of industries including manufacturing, transportation, construction, distribution, and professional services. SBP focuses on the small to mid-size business market working primarily with companies with up to $100 million in annual sales. This vast market employs over 50 percent of all private sector workers, generates two out of three new jobs, and creates over 50 percent of non-farm, private gross domestic product. SBP currently operates in fourteen markets around the country including Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, Omaha, Dallas, Milwaukee, San Antonio, and Minneapolis among others. In 2005, Consulting Magazine selected Strategic Business Partners as one of the Seven Small Jewels of the consulting industry reflecting the meaningful impact SBP has had on its clients, the positive culture within the organization and the quality of its staff.

For additional information on Strategic Business Partners, LLC, please go to: www.sbp-solutions.com.

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