Success stories
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Edmonds Exporting Business Utilizes SBA Resources to Expand
By 1997 Richard Brinton already had a successful corporate career, working primarily in sales and marketing and product management. Through his work he had traveled to several countries and developed...
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Tacoma Security Company Grows into Multi-million Dollar Company with SBA Certification
Founded in 2003 by Owner/CEO Cy Oatridge in Tacoma, WA, Oatridge Security Group (OSG) provides protective armed and unarmed security staff and a wide range of security services to government and...
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SBA PPP Loan Provides Lifeline to Nonprofit Foster Care Community
In 1988, a group of Seattle-based social workers founded the nonprofit organization Treehouse on the belief that kids in foster care deserve a community that is committed to their success. Funded by...
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Ellensburg Cidery Grows with Business Guidance
When Susie Jensen retired from being an art teacher, she knew she wasn’t quite ready for quiet retirement life. Through her travels she discovered a love for full-bodied dry hard cider and decided she...
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Mission-Driven Café Gets Support from SBA to Continue Serving
The concept behind Bellden Café, a mission-driven café in the heart of Bellevue, came from Claire Sumadiwirya’s life. Before opening Bellden Café in 2017, Claire was on a short-term work assignment in...
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Spokane Valley Sign Manufacturer Starts and Grows Business with SBA Help
Marshon and Steve Kempf had successful careers in nursing and the United States Air Force. After serving as an F-16 pilot for 27 years, Steve retired in 2010, leaving the couple free to do whatever...
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Tumwater Woodworking Business Utilizes SBA Services to Overcome Obstacles
Joe Wadsworth started Custom Source Woodworking in 2007 after having spent more than a decade working for other businesses seeing how woodworking shops treated employees as replaceable while not...
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A Filipino Woman-Owned Business Invites Conversation about Heritage Through Food with Help from SBA Financing
In 2013, Chera Amlag and her husband Geo Quibuyen started a passion project, monthly Filipino pop-up dinners, where they could share their Filipino culture through food. Drawing inspiration from her...