Success stories

Success with SBA Programs for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business

For 22 years, Mitch worked for the VA Medical Centers where he realized there was an opportunity for general contractors with experience in government operations and contracting who could provide...

Bed N Biscuit Ranch

BISMARCK, ND — Lila Teunissen and Michelle Thomsen are co-owners of Bed N Biscuit Ranch in Bismarck, ND. “The Ranch,” as they affectionately call it, provides boarding, grooming, training and daycare...

Elinor Coatings

FARGO, ND — Elinor Coatings, LLC was founded in 2006 by Holly Anderson and Dante Battocchi. The company researches and produces chromate-free anticorrosion coatings and metal protection solutions for...

COVID Forces Boat Builders To Innovate

As COVID-19 spread across the state in 2020 closing schools, restaurants, theaters and countless other places of employment the pandemic forced Vermonters to learn and work from their homes. When it...

SBA Partner and Minnesota Rural Community Rallies Around Immigrant Business Owner

Ruby Tungseth-Dowden, originally from the Philippines, grew up in the restaurant business. With a bachelor’s degree in accounting and while working in the health care industry, she began her small...

SBA Programs Help Compass Occasions Use Pandemic “Downtime” to Add Tech and Grow

When Kayla Zuidema and Valerie Mackenthun opened Hutchinson, Minn. based Compass Occasions in 2014, it was with a goal of eventually adding an event space of their own. They never could have imagined...

With SBA COVID Relief Programs, Restauranteur and Caterer is Able to Stay in Business and Grow

While working as a Chicago-area radio marketer and on-air personality, Sam Brassfield moonlighted with a catering company. He found he enjoyed cooking. “I like to cook, and marketing is something I...

SBA Grant Gets This Movie Theatre Business Through COVID-19 Pandemic

Apex Entertainment, LLC operates two multiplex movie theatres: the landmark Village 8 Theatres, which offers first-run discounted movies and hosts special events; and Baxter Avenue Theatres, which has...