Success stories

Success stories

  • Zoet Beauty Supply owners Dana and Charis

    Zoet Beauty Supply

    Dana Hawkins and Charis McWhorter are the owners of Zoet Beauty Supply in metro Atlanta. The ladies both have a background in business and always wanted to become entrepreneurs to provide a platform...

  • A group of men talking in front of brewery equipment.

    How Vanished Valley Brewing Co. Survived the Shift

    Vanished Valley Brewing Co. was started in 2016 by Josh Britton, Manny Vital, and Michael Rodrigues. The brewery’s name pays homage to the four towns (Dana, Enfield, Greenwich, Prescott) that...

  • Millennium Press in manufacturing facility

    How Millennium Press Overcame a Crisis and Near Closure

    Kelly and Jim Sullivan started Millennium Press out of a one-car garage back in 1989. Their first big equipment purchase, a 2-color printing press – which went a long way to building the foundation to...

  • Business owner Kippen poses inside his manufacturing facility

    I Get to Work With Robots All Day

    Along Route 14 South in East Randolph lies a nondescript commercial building. It is more than 90 years old but in good shape, with a fresh coat of paint. There is no business sign outside, so...

  • Owner and Founder Maria Lara-Bregatta serves up a delicious meal at Cafe Mamajuana

    Just 29, She’s ‘Off to a Pretty Good Start’

    The name of the restaurant is not exactly a common word, and pronouncing it correctly is a challenge for many of its patrons. It’s mangled so often, in fact, that owner and founder Maria Lara-Bregatta...

  • A kitchen worker prepping ingredients on a steel table.

    It Takes a Global Village

    In seven years, a small business in White River Junction has transformed itself from a single restaurant to a company that offers its African cuisine in more than 200 stores throughout New England...

  • Pieces of chocolate on a table

    Best Chocolate. Period.

    Word of mouth may be the most inexpensive and flattering form of advertising. An individual becomes so enchanted with a product, she can’t help but tell her friends to try it. The friends try it, and...

  • Business owner and family inside store

    It Started With Carmen’s Ice Cream. The Rest Is History.

    She is in her 30s, college-educated, and has already logged more than 20 years working at the same place. And it’s the only job she has ever had. Meet Bonnie Paris, president of Freighthouse Market &...