Success stories
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Designing Woman Creates Spaces Across the Country
Diane Coury flipped $50 into a one-woman interior design business in 1980; it never flopped. “I thought, ‘I couldn’t do any worse venturing out on my own versus working for someone else,’” Coury...
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Minneapolis Jeweler Got Its Start and Has Grown with Help from the SBA
Jen Bellefleur and Kelsey Lee-Karol, co-owners of New Gild Jewelers in Minneapolis, Minn., met as jewelers working in the industry for others. Restless, they dreamt of opening their own business, one...
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The SBA Celebrates Womens Small Business Pandemic-Partnership Success
Tea. Candles. A good book. Some would say it’s a perfect combination for a quiet evening at home during the pandemic. Melissa Vertosick would agree. A chance meeting at a maker’s market brewed up...
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Magic City Hoagies
Christine Staley always knew she wanted to own a business, but that wasn’t the path she chose out of high school. Instead, she pursued a theater degree and worked in TV production in Miami, Florida...
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Premier Vegetation Supplier Brings Hope With the Help of SBA PPP
Oscar Warmerdam emigrated to the United States from The Netherlands in the 1990s and he is now a U.S. citizen. He feels lucky to have landed at a forward-looking company that provided lots of on-the...
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BTV Climate Tech Firm Sold
Some mission-driven entrepreneurs could never imagine selling their growing business, whereas other entrepreneurs start an enterprise with the primary goal to sell it one day. It appears Paul Hines...
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Persistence and Assistance Pay Off for All Washed Up
Persistence has a way of paying off, especially when persistence is paired with assistance. Shantae Holmes, owner of All Washed Up Laundry Services, knows this first-hand and has experienced that pay...
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SBA Recovery Programs Allow This Business to Keep On Cookin’ Through Pandemic
What happens when you fuse traditional Italian recipes with soul food grilling? You get The Black Italian Grill Kitchen. In 2008, Chef Paula Hunter was cooking and needed to add meat to her...