EOS Worldwide recently announced that client Detroit Radiator was awarded the 2011 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for Manufacturing in the Michigan/Northwest Ohio region. Selected from a record number of nominations for 2011, Detroit Radiator will soon participate in the National competition, taking place in November at Ernst & Young’s annual black tie awards gala in Palm Springs. The popular event for entrepreneurs throughout the world winds up the firm’s annual Strategic Growth Forum.

Just 16 months ago, Stephanie Laitala was working 80 hours a week, trying to get her “baby,” Owl Bookkeeping and CFO Services, to take flight. Back in 1999, she had turned her work as a part-time freelance comptroller into a firm providing accounting services and financial guidance to small businesses.