Success stories
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Veteran-Owned Small Business Scales with SBA Contracting Assistance Programs
Jeff Anderson, President and Co-Founder of ATEK Distribution, started his business in 2018 after more than 24 years in electrical manufacturing and distribution. Just six years later, ATEK...
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How SBA Fueled Woody’s Trucking’s Growth & Expansion
Woody’s Trucking started in Lester Prairie, MN with a handful of trucks, and their primary efforts spent hauling materials like sand, gravel, and salt. Since the beginning, Terri and Mike Wood had...
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JMLM Restaurants Recipe for Success with Support from SBA
Born and raised in Northeast Iowa, Manuel “Manny” Perez started what would become a lengthy career in the restaurant industry by waiting tables after high school. Upon moving to Minnesota, he...
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Mo’s Tropical Market’s Sweet Success with SBA
Mo’s Tropical Market launched in 2019 with the aim of building on a family legacy. After immigrating from Thailand to Minnesota, Mo Chang’s parents began selling fruit at the Minneapolis Farmers...
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Second Generation Success with Support from SBA
There are unique challenges and opportunities that come with owning a family business – something that Heather Hoffman and Andrew Leach of Commercial Drywall, Inc (CDI) know well. Since its start over...
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Sugar, spice and everything nice: How SBA helped a local Minnesota Bakery thrive
Anne Andrus has always had a passion for creating and food, and she realized early on that she could have the best of both worlds. Andrus established Honey and Rye, a Minnesota-based bakery and bread...
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Growing Together: How the SBA helped West Oakland Auto Repair Start & Scale
Before Jose Carrazco started West Oakland Auto Repair, he never pictured himself as a business owner. After immigrating from Mexico in the mid-1990’s, Jose found himself working at a meat processing...
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Minneapolis Jeweler Got Its Start and Has Grown with Help from the SBA
Jen Bellefleur and Kelsey Lee-Karol, co-owners of New Gild Jewelers in Minneapolis, Minn., met as jewelers working in the industry for others. Restless, they dreamt of opening their own business, one...