Atlanta, GA) Bouje Publishing, a publishing company that empowers pre-teen kids by introducing and teaching them the concepts of business and entrepreneurship, announces that company’s managing partner, Hicham Bouani, has been named one of the Top 5 finalists for the 2009 Small Business Person of the Year award given by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. The annual award recognizes a small-business person whose contributions to Atlanta's business and civic community include innovative ideas, exceptional leadership abilities and unique business strategies.

"I am honored to be chosen as one of Atlanta's Top 5 Small Business Persons of the Year for 2009," said Hicham Bouani, Managing Partner of Bouje Publishing and owner of GlobalProjeX. "The continued growth and success of Bouje Publishing can be attributed to our author, our team, our creative partners, and our focus group of kids, readers, parents and educators."

The winner of the Top Small Business Person of the Year will be announced at the awards ceremony May 21 at The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce's Small Business Day. For more information visit http://www.MetroAtlantaChamber.com/fm_sbpoty-09.html

National award winner Bouje Publishing is an Atlanta-based publisher that specializes in teaching kids business concepts and entrepreneur skills. Bouje publishes The Future Business Leaders' Series™, a series of adventure books for pre-teen kids. Bouje Publishing also mentors parents, educators, and community leaders on how to empower and prepare kids for tomorrow's world by teaching them how to think creatively to turn what they love to do into business ideas.

Book 1 of the series, "Tyler and His Solve-a-matic Machine," is a #1 Amazon Kindle Bestseller and has been awarded the National Award for Excellent Books Category from the prestigious iParenting Media Awards. The awards are sponsored by iParenting.com, a Disney company.

Book 2 of the series, "Tyler Passes The Golden Key," is an award-winning finalist in the Children's Fiction category of the National Best Books 2008 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News.

For more info visit http://www.boujepublishing.com. See kids who have successfully started businesses at http://www.boujepublishing.com/videos.htm.

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