Success stories

Success stories

  • United States Air Force service-disabled veteran Tamiko Bailey starts a small start up company from the garage

    Bailey's Premier Services, LLC

    While serving in the United States Air Force, Tamiko Bailey had a life-changing experience. After an incentive flight in an F-15 fighter jet, she knew she wanted to make a career of working in the...

  • Jovany Chavira in his paint shop

    JMCP Enterprises LLC

    Jovany Chavira is the owner of SLP Customs and Collision Repair, an auto body repair shop in Arlington, Texas. As a teenager, he dreamed of becoming financially independent through entrepreneurship...

  • A family business and their company outside with a fleet of commercial vehicles

    Cole Air & Appliances, Co.

    Cole Air Conditioning & Appliances, Co. is a family business started in 1967 by Joel and Janie Cole. In later years, Judy Cole McPherson and Michael “Mo” Morrison joined operations. Their father's...

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    Triple B Foods

    Rob Gokey of Triple B Foods in Richardson, Texas was named 2016 Dallas/Fort Worth Exporter of the Year. His father established the company in 1981 as a meat trading business. Rob joined Triple B...

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    North Texas HUBZone Firm Has the Right Zip Code for Multi-Million Dollar Business

    Doctor Marcus Martin, owner and CEO of 2M Research Services, is in the right zip code for business. It was seven years ago when he sat at his kitchen table and created the perfect recipe for a...

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    Brian’s Plumbing succeeds with Support from SBDC

    Brian Walser started his plumbing business with a load of ambition and a pickup, working out of his house. Today, Brian’s Plumbing is one of the largest plumbing companies in Wichita Falls, Texas...