Success stories
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North Alabama Family-Owned Cotton Business received PPP and Continues to Grow Exponentially
Mark Yeager, who owns Red Land Farms started growing cotton in the 1980’s and in 2016, he had teamed up with his daughter, Anna Yeager Brakefield, to form Red Land Cotton, a cotton-based products...
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How securing SBA financing helped the Bottling Plant Event Center get their start and recover from the pandemic
Following a successful career working for nonprofits where Lisa Ditchkoff did case management work, coordinated events and fundraising, she embraced the idea of starting her own event planning...
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Signalink find success with SBA resource partners and wins a Small Business Week award
Alice Lessmann and her spouse started their company, Signalink, in 2005 and in 2016, she became the CEO of the company. As the company continued to grow, she realized she needed some additional help...
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OH! What a saving grace
The establishment of OH! Hair Design Studio was the fulfillment of a dream come true for Anita Watkins. From an early age she had dreams of becoming an entrepreneur, because she wanted to leave a...
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Financial Therapy in the Time of Need
Rhonda Allen started as a Marketing Director for a Physical Therapist, when one day she was presented with an opportunity that completely changed the trajectory of her career. Because of her hard work...
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Baking People Happy
As a young entrepreneur with a passion and a dream, Joshua Wortham took an obstacle and turned it into an opportunity. Peaceful Pastries & Sweets was birthed in 2015 by Joshua at the tender age of 10...
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Making Provision Through the 8(a) Business Development Program
Nicholas Dowdell, a disabled Army veteran, had a desire to do something impactful in his community as well as become his own boss. He started out as an employee of a prominent construction company...