Success stories
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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...
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Amid COVID Shutdown, SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan Positions Newark Personal Training & Wellness Studio to Survive
After losing his job at a corporate gym, Widchard Jilus went out on his own to start his own fitness company in Newark, NJ. He put all his savings into the venture, but as COVID-19 hit the NJ/NY/CT...
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From Judge Advocate General’s Corps to Chocolatier with SBA 7(a) and 504 Financing
In 1970, after completing his military service in Panama and Germany during the Vietnam War, US Army Veteran Pedro Córdova, relocated with his wife Mary Margaret “Mimi” McCloskey, to native Puerto...
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Yes, We’ve Got Cheese
Woman Entrepreneur takes aged cheese and yogurt manufacturing to another level with assistance from SBA programs and services. In Puerto Rico, more milk is produced than consumed. Almost a decade ago...