Success stories

Women sitting at a desk with a laptop, one in a bright red top, the other in a royal blue top.

From Cleaning Homes to Helping Employees Purchase Them

CEO Elena Ledoux was an Uzbek immigrant, a mother of two boys and an attorney who practiced civil litigation for over a decade in Honolulu, Hawaii before retiring and moving her family to Las Vegas...

Mistakes Happen! This Product Rework Company Fixes Them

Today in the apparel, footwear, accessories, and much of the consumer goods sector, most products destined for U.S. stores and consumers are made abroad. Within these industry sectors, 99 percent of...

Group photo of the Sagent team in front of the light gray etched stone sign at their new historic headquarters building.

Sagent Grows with SBA Loan

Anne Staines CEO of Sagent started in her business in her 500-square-foot pool house and needed more room for her growing company. Sagent obtained an SBA loan to purchase a building in Midtown...

Construction workers wearing hard hats and safety vests standing near water and two large excavators during a heavy building project.

Allen Gill Construction, Inc. Triples Revenue through SBA Business Development Program

Allen Gill and his wife Tracy started their business as heavy civil and building contractors in 1991 and were looking for opportunities to grow the company. Allen Gill joined the SBA's 8(a) program...

Workers at a long table in the Brandini Toffee production facility preparing toffee.

Young Entrepreneur Turns Family Toffee Recipe into a Sweet Success

Young entrepreneur, Brandon Weimer, learned how to make almond toffee from a family friend at a young age. While perfecting his recipe over time, the toffee became an enthusiastically anticipated gift...

Eric Schmidt, co-founder of Exquadrum, Inc., poses in a black lab coat with his company's technology equipment.

Exquadrum Improves Rocket & Space Technologies with Help of SBIR Program

Exquadrum, Inc. is a research and development engineering company that develops and demonstrates new rocket propulsion and munitions technologies for the Department of Defense, NASA, and commercial...

SBA Loan Programs Keep Indoor Climbing Company Open and Connected with the Community

Alice Kao discovered indoor climbing while living and working in London during a difficult time in her life. Wanting to share the healing and self-discovery that climbing brought her, she and her...

Mac-O-Licious

Mac-O-licious is a small restaurant in the Valley Village area. It was founded as a food truck by Kelly Chapman in 2012, and it has successfully grown into a beautiful storefront in less than two...