{"id":439182,"date":"2026-05-13T06:38:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/439182\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T06:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:38:44","slug":"bradford-named-entrepreneur-of-the-year-finalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/439182\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradford Named Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"221\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-fusion-1200 wp-image-74852\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EOYSE26_PetScreening_John-Bradford_3840x2560-1200x800.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  data- data-orig-\/>Cornelius entrepreneur and former elected official John Bradford III, founder and chief executive of PetScreening, has been named a finalist in the Southeast region for Ernst &amp; Young\u2019s 2026 Entrepreneur Of The Year.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"534\">The program recognizes business leaders across Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee who are driving growth and innovation. Bradford was selected from a pool of 35 finalists by an independent panel of judges evaluating entrepreneurial spirit, company performance and community impact.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"536\" data-end=\"788\">PetScreening, based in Mooresville, provides a digital platform for tenant and pet screening used by property managers nationwide. Organizers said Bradford\u2019s selection reflects his role in scaling the company and shaping property technology services.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"536\" data-end=\"788\">Bradford served four terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing the 98th district in North Mecklenburg, before founding the company.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"967\" data-end=\"1039\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Bradford is among 35 Southeast finalists in the 41st year program class honor, and one of only two in the Charlotte area, joining Community Concierge Services CEO Cody Campbell.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"967\" data-end=\"1039\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Winners will be announced June 18, with regional award recipients advancing to national consideration at the EY Strategic Growth Forum in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cornelius entrepreneur and former elected official John Bradford III, founder and chief executive of PetScreening, has been named&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[114,293,85,46],"class_list":["post-439182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-business","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}