{"id":14246,"date":"2012-05-02T17:24:05","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T22:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=14246"},"modified":"2012-05-02T17:24:05","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T22:24:05","slug":"action-target-founders-named-finalist-in-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/action-target-founders-named-finalist-in-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award\/14246\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Target Founders Named Finalist in Entrepreneur of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kyle Bateman and Addison Sovine, founders of Action Target.<\/p><\/div>\n

PROVO, Utah\u2014 In today\u2019s hard-hit economy, two local Utah businessmen have been named finalists of the 2012 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.<\/p>\n

Kyle Bateman and Addison Sovine of Action Target, Inc. are among a handful of entrepreneurs to be named finalists in the Utah region, which includes Wyoming and half of Idaho. These local businessmen were selected from more than 1,700 applicants because of their significant impact on their surrounding business community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an honor,\u201d stated Sovine. \u201cThere are so many great companies in this area and I am grateful to be listed among them.\u201d<\/p>\n

But being a successful entrepreneur in today\u2019s economy does not come easy. \u201cIt has required a lot more work than I might have imagined early on,\u201d said Bateman. \u201cIt is hard to comprehend how many things there are to do and how much work you will have to put into your business to make it successful. Having said that, I am still amazed that things have worked out as well as they have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sovine and Addison founded Action Target out of an auto body shop in 1985. Their business idea was created atop the hood of a police vehicle, followed by their tireless work and hours to bring their ideas to the country. Since that time, Action Target has become the industry leader in shooting range design and Portable Steel Targets.<\/p>\n

Sovine and Addison are in the running with 32 other finalists for this year\u2019s top honored award. Ernst and Young developed the Entrepreneur of the Year Award program to celebrate successful entrepreneurs. It has grown into an award program that spans more than 140 cities in 50 countries. This year\u2019s Utah region winners region will go on to compete against winners from other regions around the country, and subsequently the world. Utah Region winners will be announced on June 7, 2012.<\/p>\n

About Action Target Inc.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Based in Provo, Utah, Action Target\u00a0is the leading manufacturer of custom shooting ranges\u00a0and portable steel targets for military, law enforcement, Special Forces groups, tactical training schools, and commercial applications. Since its founding in 1985, Action Target<\/a> has become the world’s largest shooting range equipment manager.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PROVO, Utah\u2014 In today\u2019s hard-hit economy, two local Utah businessmen have been named finalists of the 2012 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Kyle Bateman and Addison Sovine of Action Target, Inc. are among a handful of entrepreneurs to be named finalists in the Utah region, which includes Wyoming and half of Idaho. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":14249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[345],"class_list":["post-14246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-industry","tag-action-target"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}