Success stories
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12 Huts and Counting for Army Veteran Jayme Rhodes
The stars aligned in Afghanistan, a hammer and blueprints forecasting the future for Army veteran Jayme Rhodes. Rhodes, now commander of Serviam Construction, still collects double takes from industry...
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SBA and SCORE Create Recipe for Sweet Success
Whipping up one-of-a-kind pastries is a piece of cake for Tatiana Polay. The New York-educated and employed pastry chef regularly frosted and adorned cakes for famed fashion icon Vera Wang. The...
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Robin Tucker Blankets the Area with Comfort and Careers
Tucking her mother into bed each night quickly blanketed into a successful small business for Robin Tucker. Tucked With Care provides around-the clock, non-medical services, employing hundreds while...
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Venezuelan Native Grecia Diaz Snacks Her Way to Success
Venezuela native Grecia Diaz started snacking her way to success during the pandemic. A move to Pittsburgh finally paid dividends for the former nanny and her husband seeking affordable housing and...
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Job Interview Turns into Storybook Ending for Ashley Messenger
An SBA National Pride Month Success Story ERIE, Pa. – Ashley Messenger’s job offer eventually played out on national television. “When I accepted, it was the scariest thing in my life,” she stated...
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John Martincic Engineers Award-Winning Company
Forest Scientific Corporation Vies for National Small Business of the Year Title TIONESTA, Pa. – John Martincic bet the family farm on his upstart business. The wager paid off. Fulfilling a childhood...
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Designing Woman Creates Spaces Across the Country
A National Women’s History Month Success Story NEW CASTLE, Pa. – Diane Coury flipped $50 into a one-woman interior design business in 1980; it never flopped. “I thought, ‘I couldn’t do any worse...
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Designing Woman Creates Spaces Across the Country
Diane Coury flipped $50 into a one-woman interior design business in 1980; it never flopped. “I thought, ‘I couldn’t do any worse venturing out on my own versus working for someone else,’” Coury...