Success stories
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SBA Celebrates Minnesota Small Business Person of the Year
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Minnesota District Office is celebrating Minnesota’s Small Business Person of the Year along with additional honorees as it prepares for National Small...
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Scamp Trailers’ Long Haul Success with SBA Support
The Eveland family founded Scamp Trailers in 1971 as a trailer manufacturer, producing 130 units annually. The business has grown exponentially since its start, today manufacturing 700 units each year...
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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...