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Hal Brown, CEO of Panther City Media Group, and wife Camille Brown, next to attendees of EOE Boot Fitting Party
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Guests at Blackland Distillery
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EOE Finalists at EOE Boot Fitting Party
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Private cocktail party for EOE Finalists
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Boot Fitting Party Attendees
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Justin Boots has been the long-term provider of custom boots provided to winners
Fort Worth Inc. hosted a private cocktail party for their 2022 Entrepreneur of Excellence (EOE) finalists on Thursday, October 13 at Blackland Distillery. Finalists met and mingled at Blackland Distillery for an evening of excitement while they got personally fitted for custom Justin’s black ostrich boots. Finalists sipped on curated cocktails and participated in whiskey tastings, all while taking in the impressive views of the distillery.
Every year, the winners of this prestigious awards program are awarded custom-made boots as recognition of their achievement. Each EOE finalist is fitted for their own pair, but only eleven winners, as an acknowledgement of their dedicated entrepreneurship in the Fort Worth community, are the ones who get to take home their very own pair.
The winners will be announced at our Entrepreneur of Excellence Awards Gala, taking place on Thursday, November 3, at the Fort Worth Club.
We would like to give special thanks to our sponsors for making this evening possible. Our Presenting Sponsor Whitley Penn, our Gold Sponsor Independent Financial, and our Silver Sponsor TCU Neeley School of Business - Graduate Programs and Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. We would also like to thank Justin Boots, who has been the provider of the awarded boots since the program started in 2017.
Stay tuned and make sure to pick up a copy of Fort Worth Inc.'s Winter Issue hitting newsstands on November 9 to see who the 2022 EOE winners are! You can see the full list of finalists here.
Fort Worth Inc.’s annual Entrepreneur of Excellence awards program focuses on highlighting Fort Worth’s most effective entrepreneurs in industry categories. Entrepreneurs in the Fort Worth community are invited to apply for this esteemed competition. Applications open in January of 2023.