Success stories
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Greenville Business Uses SBA STEP Program to Export Bicycle Wheels
Boyd and Nicole Johnson, a husband a wife duo in Greenville, SC, are former professional cyclists who decided to start their own business in developing innovative cycling products. Together they...
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Veteran Owned Small Business Serving America's Warfighter
In 2004, Tracy Solomon found TEVET, LLC, which provides supplier precision modular instrumentation, subsystems, and complete test stations for the defense and aerospace industry. In 2004, Solomon...
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Rural Business Offers Event Venue for All Occasions
In 2002, Christopher and Brenda Newton started Chef Christopher’s Catering. The business grew to 20 employees and became the top catering company in Sumner County, Tennessee. Chef Christopher’s...
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From One to 14 Bowling Centers with SBA Financing
In 2000, Larry Schmittou started L&S Family Entertainment, LLC ( L&S). In 2009, Mr. Schmittou wanted to expand beyond one bowling center. In 2017, Mr. Schmittou again wanted to expand this business...
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SBA-backed loan helps basketball player build facility to train the next generation of athletes
Matt Miller, a native of Aurora, Ill., played basketball in college and later professionally in the United Kingdom, Bosnia, Germany, and Rwanda. He always enjoyed coaching children and leading...
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SBA-guaranteed loan helps Mount Vernon couple honor dog’s legacy by caring for others’ pups
After the tragic loss of their dog Jagger, Randy and Connie Olson started Jagger’s Doggie Daycare in May 2015. Jagger suffered from separation anxiety and destroyed an iPad while home alone, ingesting...
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Counseling, SBA-guaranteed loan help Illinois pest management firm scale up
Motivated by a personal tragedy – her cousin was permanently disabled as a child after contracting encephalitis from pigeon guano while playing in a Chicago alley – small business owner Rebecca Fyffe...
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Ashley Williams graduated from the University of Southern California armed with a degree in journalism and a desire to put mark on the world. After working in the industry for a number of years, she...