Success stories
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Spokane Valley Sign Manufacturer Starts and Grows Business with SBA Help
Marshon and Steve Kempf had successful careers in nursing and the United States Air Force. After serving as an F-16 pilot for 27 years, Steve retired in 2010, leaving the couple free to do whatever...
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Tumwater Woodworking Business Utilizes SBA Services to Overcome Obstacles
Joe Wadsworth started Custom Source Woodworking in 2007 after having spent more than a decade working for other businesses seeing how woodworking shops treated employees as replaceable while not...
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Closing the Door on a Dream Opens the Doors to Many More in Oregon
In 2002, Cecil DelaCruz was one of a handful of engineers and technicians tasked to oversee the shutdown of a fabrication facility when months before he was overseeing its construction. His employer...
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Sailing with the Navy to Millions in Sales
Mr. Tomas Santos-Alejandro, CEO of Advent Services, joined Advent Services as VP of Operations in 2014, before taking over. Advent Services provides cybersecurity, systems/software engineering, and...
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Sal & Mookie’s New York Pizza & Ice Cream Joint
Jeff Good and Daniel Blumenthal, Owners of Sal & Mookie’s New York Pizza & Ice Cream Joint of Jackson, Mississippi, built a business from the ground up by being focused, fearless and fun. The pair are...
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From Steel to Salsa - Nebraska Couple Open Mexican Family Restaurant in Gering, Nebraska
When asked why he left a 30+ year career in the steel industry to open Chino’s Mexican Restaurant in Gering, Nebraska, Ed Bartella had a quick answer: “I’d been doing the same thing for an awful long...
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Vaudeville Act Receives Venue Grant
By Danny Monahan Small Business Administration Vermont District Office Comedy, circus and music are hallmarks of a vaudeville show and for 12 years a Greensboro Vermont troupe’s act has stayed true to...
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Sweet Auburn Bread Company
Chef Sonya Jones always dreamed of running her own business. Growing up, she worked in her family’s neighborhood cafe, which fueled her desire to become an entrepreneur. She wanted to run her own...