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  Carey Smith
  Big Ass Solutions View Bio
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  Kent Oyler
  High Speed Access Corp, OPM Services, Inc. View Bio
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  Robert B. Trussell, Jr.
  Tempur Sealy International, Inc View Bio
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  Colonel Sanders
  Kentucky Fried Chicken View Bio
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  James Thornton
  Thorntons View Bio
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  George Garvin Brown
  Brown-Forman View Bio
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  Jim Patterson
  Pattco LLC View Bio
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  Phil Greer
  Greer Companies View Bio
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  James Booth
  Booth Energy Group View Bio
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  Ulysses Lee "Junior" Bridgeman
  Bridgeman Foods, Inc. View Bio
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  Chris Sullivan
  Outback Steakhouse View Bio
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  John Williams
  Computer Services, Inc. View Bio
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  RJ Corman
  RJ Corman Railroad Group View Bio
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  Bill Gatton
  Bill Gatton Motors View Bio
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  George Fischer
  Metridata Computer & Servend International View Bio
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  Billy Harper
  Harper Industries View Bio
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  Terry Forcht
  Forcht Group View Bio
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  Bruce Lunsford
  Vencor Ventas View Bio
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  Ronald Geary
  Rescare View Bio
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  Dana Bowers
  iPay Technologies View Bio
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  David Jones, Sr.
  Humana View Bio
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  Kent Taylor
  Texas Roadhouse View Bio
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  Wendell Cherry
  Humana View Bio
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  Bill Samuels, Jr.
  Makers Mark View Bio
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  John Y Brown Jr.
  Kentucky Fried Chicken View Bio
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  Pearse Lyons
  Alltech View Bio
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  William T. Young
  W.T. Young Foods Overbrook Farm View Bio
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  Warren Rosenthal
  Long John Silvers Jerry's Restaurant View Bio
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  John Schnatter
  Papa John's View Bio
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  Jim Host
  Host Communications View Bio
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  Ralph G. Anderson
  Belcan View Bio
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  Davis Marksbury
  Exstream Software View Bio
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  Lee Todd
  Projectron Inc. DataBeam Corp. UK President View Bio

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  Tendai Charasika
  SuperFanU View Bio
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  Drura Parrish
  MakeTime View Bio
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  Rebecca Wheeling
  Schedule It View Bio
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  Peter Tower
  Magnolia Photo Booth Company View Bio
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  Alex Frommeyer
  Beam Dental View Bio
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  Nate Morris
  Rubicon Global View Bio
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  Jennifer Mackin
  The Oliver Group View Bio
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  Ankur Gopal
  Interapt View Bio
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  Drew Curtis
  fark.com View Bio
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  Dave Durand
  Forest Giant View Bio
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  April Foster
  StudioCalico.com View Bio
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  Matt Wiley
  bloc MKTG View Bio
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  Brad Wayland
  BlueCotton.com View Bio
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  Eric Ostertag
  Transposagen View Bio
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  John Williamson
  Ucloser View Bio
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  Wayne Yeager
  Sellathon, Inc. View Bio
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  Vidya Ravichandran
  Glowtouch Technologies View Bio
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  Zak Boca
  SingleHop, Inc. View Bio
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  Heather Howell
  Rooibee Red Tea View Bio
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  Rob May
  Backupify View Bio
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  Audra Stinchcomb
  Alltranz Inc. View Bio
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  Keith Ringer
  MetroMojo View Bio
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  Randall Stevens
  Archvision, Mersive View Bio
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  Ben Self
  Blue State Digital View Bio
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  Randy Riggs
  Advanced Cancer Therapeutics View Bio

Note: The companies or organizations listed for each Emerging Entrepreneur are those with which the honoree was most closely associated at the time of recognition.