Success stories
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Beauty and the Sheep
Tucked away on a hilltop in Hartland, VT, sit five stand-alone cabins offering breathtaking views of the Green Mountain State. It is rare for one to be unoccupied. But the owners of these cabins, Todd...
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The Road To Success Is Paved
Ten years ago, a newly established business didn’t have trucks, employees, or even a paver, which seems like it would be pretty important if that new business is a paving company. “But we did have...
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Specialty Foods Are Their Jam
Raspberry with Wild Bergamot Flower, and Jalapeño & Lime may not seem like typical jam flavors, but it is unique offerings like these that have made a Windsor Vermont jam maker a consistent national...
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SBA Microlending Success Story: Miriam’s Earthen Cookware Bootstrapped and Built in Her Own Backyard
While Miriam Kattumuri was pregnant with her first child in 2008, she was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Curious and determined to face her diagnosis head-on, Kattumuri did extensive research on...
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Hopping Gnome Brewing Expanding Its Footprint In Wichita
After years of homebrewing beer, Torrey Lattin dreamed of making a living brewing beer full-time. In 2012, Torrey and his wife Stacy Ward Lattin visited Colorado and were impressed by the...
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Nebraska Business Owner Finds Her True North, and It’s Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship runs in Renee Sobotka’s family. Her parents owned a successful lumberyard and her father was a builder in West Point, so she grew up knowing the hard work involved in small business...
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From Soldier to CEO – Marine Veteran Starts Successful Construction Business in Nebraska
Ask Marine veteran Javier Arias about the hardest thing he’s ever done, and he’ll tell you it wasn’t being a Marine – it was starting his small business! Arias served in the Corps for seven years as a...
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From Cattle To Creative Arts – Business Owner in Lincoln Creates Custom Wallpaper Designs
Dan Nelson, owner of Vahallan, Inc., didn’t start out as a luxury wallpaper designer. He didn’t even start out as an artist. He grew up on a cattle ranch in Western Nebraska and always assumed he’d go...