Success stories
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Young Entrepreneur Turns Family Toffee Recipe into a Sweet Success
Young entrepreneur, Brandon Weimer, learned how to make almond toffee from a family friend at a young age. While perfecting his recipe over time, the toffee became an enthusiastically anticipated gift...
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Exquadrum Improves Rocket & Space Technologies with Help of SBIR Program
Exquadrum, Inc. is a research and development engineering company that develops and demonstrates new rocket propulsion and munitions technologies for the Department of Defense, NASA, and commercial...
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SBA Loan Programs Keep Indoor Climbing Company Open and Connected with the Community
Alice Kao discovered indoor climbing while living and working in London during a difficult time in her life. Wanting to share the healing and self-discovery that climbing brought her, she and her...
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Mary Lyn Baker of DH Casters Rolls with Her Customers
DH Casters got its start in 1985, and the Baker family’s three generations of experience in the hardware industry contributed greatly to the success of this award-winning company. Mary Lyn Baker...
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A-Tech Environmental Consulting Company Demonstrates Growth and True Resiliency
Casandra Williams, CEO/CFO of A-Tech Consulting, Inc. runs a fast-growing, full-service, environmental consulting firm providing a comprehensive array of services. A-Tech Consulting, Inc. developed...
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Sender One Climbing Ascends through Adversity
Sender One Climbing LLC (Sender One) is an indoor climbing company whose facilities also offer yoga and other fitness activities. Additionally, Sender One Climbing provides children activities such as...
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Manna Kadar Beauty Finds Success is More than Skin Deep
Raised by a single, immigrant mother, Kadar grew up with drive-by shootings and home invasion robberies nearby. Despite these adversities, Kadar got started in the cosmetics industry by owning and...
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Scape Group, Inc. Keeps Making Dirt Pretty with the Help of SBA’s Covid-19 Relief
The pandemic impacted small businesses everywhere, creating an economic slowdown few had seen before, and Scape Group, Inc. was not immune to the effects. President and CEO DeLynne Ano started Scape...