Success stories
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Planting the Seeds of Growth Leads Lawton Company to Major Success
A large white board at Waste Solutions LLC in Lawton, Oklahoma is covered completely in scribbled notes, plans and ideas detailing the future of the company, founded in 2001. “At the end of a day, I...
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Creating at Every Opportunity – JoAnne Tucker Art
JoAnne Tucker is a lifelong entrepreneur. As a teenager she taught dance classes in the basement of her Pittsburg home in order to earn her way to a summer performing arts camp across the country in...
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Exhibit Solutions of NM - Profile of a Business Leader
“It was the scariest decision I’ve ever made” said Gina Euell, describing the fateful moment that she left her employer of twelve years to open her own business, Exhibit Solutions of New Mexico, a...
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Ruidoso’s Noisy Water Winery - The Sound of Success
Jasper Riddle, President of Noisy Water Winery and Cellars in Ruidoso, NM was thrust into business ownership in 2010 when he returned to his hometown and purchased the controlling share in his family...
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SBA 7(a) Loan Helps Salon Owner Share the Glory of Sisterlocks
With the help of an SBA 7(a) loan and the SBA Emerging Leaders program, Tameka Stigers moved her hair styling salon from 400 square feet of her home to a 3,000-square-foot salon. While pursuing a...
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SBA Emerging Leaders Helps Veteran Soar to New Heights
Marine Corps veteran Jeremy Buchheit started Synergy Medical with no experience, no products, and no customers. His participation in SBA's Emerging Leaders program enabled him to increase sales by...
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SBA Loan & Emerging Leaders Program Make a Concrete Company's Goals Attainable
Jacqui and Doug Ortmann operated Ortmann Concrete from their home for 11 years. An SBA 7(a) loan and Jacqui's participation in the SBA Emerging Leaders program have given the company valuable tools...
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Entrepreneurs Look at Obstacles as Child’s Play - How this Small Business Pivoted from COVID-19 with SBA Help
Matt Borawski and his wife Lauren never met an obstacle they did not like. The owners of Child’s Play Challenge Courses of Scotch Plains are used to presenting challenges and not so much receiving...