Success stories
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SBA Assistance Keeps Heaven’s Table BBQ Serving Milwaukee During COVID
Jason Alston began cooking at age 13 to feed himself and his hardworking single mother, but his passion for barbeque started earlier as he watched his uncle and grandfather grill. “I asked if the food...
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SBA-backed Loans Supported Wisconsin Small Businesses with More Than $658 Million to Start and Grow in FY23
MILWAUKEE – The U.S. Small Business Administration recently announced that the SBA delivered $50 billion in capital, disaster relief, and bonding to small businesses and disaster-impacted communities...
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International Food Competitors Grow Exports with SBA STEP Support
Husband and wife team Damon and Lu Holter were both award-winning chefs in food competitions across the country when they started their company Croix Valley Foods. The successful business, which today...
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Racine Entrepreneur Grows CoveredCare by Mentoring Others and Learning through SBA Women’s Business Center
Donisha Nesbitt worked and developed educational programming for 15 years and started several other unrelated businesses before launching CoveredCare, an in-home care company in Racine, in 2016. After...
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Veteran-owned Aeroforce Logistics Powered by Several SBA Programs
Heather Varney’s Marine Corps career took an unexpected turn from munitions to aviation supply when she sustained a hand injury. She later left the service as a disabled vet. She met Nick Weissenborn...
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Community Advantage Loan Launches Latino-owned Farmhouse Paint Bar in Milwaukee
Thaime and Jesus Nañez came to Milwaukee as young immigrants. Thaime left Venezuela at the age of 20, got her bachelor’s degree, and worked in sales, marketing, and banking. Jesus came from Mexico...
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Smoky Lake Maple Products Taps SCORE Mentors for Export Success
Smoky Lake Maple Products started with Angela Schumacher’s question to her husband Jim in 2008: “Do you have any maple trees on your land?” While working full-time jobs, the two began tapping maple...
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Geneva Supply Commits to Wisconsin Using SBA-backed 504 Loan for Building Purchase
Mark Becker and Jeff Peterson started doing business with Amazon in 2007 and soon realized a bigger business opportunity. Many manufacturers did not want to invest in sorting out the knotty, complex...