Success stories
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Dover Emergency-Management Firm Manages Through Growing Pains to Secure Success With Little Help from SBA
By 2007, Air Force Veteran and Dover, Del. resident Don Chupp's 12 years of real-world emergency management and victim/family support experience uniquely qualified him to make "the best of the worst...
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Cabinetry business built on the backs of a solid team
Colton Rasmussen is a charismatic, ambitious young man. He has built a successful cabinetry business from the ground up, starting from a creative idea to a full production cabinetry plant. Colton’s...
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Food truck success leads to brick and mortar restaurant
The Utah SBA 2019 Growth Award was presented to Maize Tacos, owned and operated by Brian Noguera, during the National Small Business Week Awards Ceremony May 9, 2019, in Salt Lake City. This award...
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Letter Jacket, Cheer Wear Manufacturer produces PPE during crisis
Many homes in Utah have a Coleman letter jacket, school sweater or cheer outfit in their closet. Since 1947, Coleman Knitting Mills has been making letter sweaters and jackets, and cheer wear, gaining...
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Wall of Fame inductee Rice’s Lucky Clover Honey
Rice’s Lucky Clover Honey is a women-owned, family operated, 4th and 5th generation business that specializes in 100% American raw & unfiltered honey. Based in Greeley, CO, Ronna Rice, CEO, along with...
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Lorena Cantarovici, owner of Maria Empanada named Colorado’s 2017 Small Business Person of the Year winner
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Lorena Cantarovici was raised most of her life by her single mother Maria. Impacted by Argentina’s history of volatile economies, Lorena and her mother were constantly...
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2017 Colorado SBA InnovateHER Winner: Sara Davenport
Sara Davenport had heard “it’s cancer” not once, but twice, before her 40th birthday, having been diagnosed, treated and then survived both Metastatic Thyroid and Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma cancers. After...
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Tradition and Service are Part of the Many Folds in the Fabric of an Oregon Community
In 2007, Oregon native Casey Bonsi started Origami Catering in Ashland, Oregon and moved the business to a tiny 250 square foot kitchen in southeast Portland in 2009. Trained by world-class Chef Shiro...