Success stories
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‘Hug Patrol’ of Newmarket is SBA’s 2022 New Hampshire Home-Based Business of the Year
Meeting Lynne, a self-proclaimed “Hugger,” it is not hard to see why she is finding success in her business. Lynne Beernaert is a woman who is incredibly passionate about her sewing, her mission and...
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Club DiOGI
Courtney Dedi grew up in a family of small business owners and says being an entrepreneur runs in her blood. In previous jobs, she never felt like she was reaching her potential without the ability to...
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Quik-Solv Cleaning Service
BISMARCK, ND – Troy Ybarra’s mother started Quik-Solv Cleaning Service in 1995. Troy occasionally helped her clean and in 1998, he joined the business. In 2007 Troy bought is mother’s share and...
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Health Center Prospers After the Pandemic with the help of SBA
Tess Cahigas was born in the Philippines and moved to the United States in 1991. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology, she began working as a contract Medical Laboratory...
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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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But Why Buy, Create Your Own Franchise!
How Ruth Agbaji started Code Wiz with SBA counseling and capital According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Economic Census, there are over 300 different types of franchise businesses in America –...
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SVOG Spotlight: Academy of Music Theatre
Northampton’s historic Academy of Music theatre has been offering a platform for local, regional, and national performing artists for over a century. The beloved venue is a place where communities in...