Success stories
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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...
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VT Fitness Studio Bouncing Back After Pandemic
Every new year millions of Americans vow this is the year they are going to lose weight, join a gym and workout every day, and yet every year in the middle of February about 80% of Americans who made...
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Bubba Restaurant Celebrates Economic Recovery with PRIDE
Pride is a common theme these days for Chris Diebel. The co-owner and managing partner of Bubba is proud of the restaurant industry’s resiliency and ongoing support of the LGBTQ community despite a...
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Black-Owned Business Thriving Despite Pandemic By Utilizing SBA Assistance Programs
Gregory Modica knows that business ownership is not for the faint of heart. Raised as a child of a WWII Navy veteran and the youngest of 11 children, Modica was taught to be hardworking, productive...