Success stories
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SBA Export Loan Programs Help Company Feed the World with Minnesota Grains
Stone Arch Commodities is a Minnesota-based export trading company that was formed in 2016 by Revis Stephenson, Joseph Caruso, Hunter Kaestner, and Max Shimada. It specializes in trading grain...
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Sender One Climbing Ascends through Adversity
Sender One Climbing LLC (Sender One) is an indoor climbing company whose facilities also offer yoga and other fitness activities. Additionally, Sender One Climbing provides children activities such as...
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Manna Kadar Beauty Finds Success is More than Skin Deep
Raised by a single, immigrant mother, Kadar grew up with drive-by shootings and home invasion robberies nearby. Despite these adversities, Kadar got started in the cosmetics industry by owning and...
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Breathing New Life into Hidden Local Treasures
Greg Pruitt traveled all over the country when he was a young boy with his father who was a traveling minister. His father refinished furniture and would visit many barns in his travels. Greg...
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Building memories for today, tomorrow and beyond
Rahila Robinson took over her family's marble memorial products company in 2008. Robinson & Sons Enterprises of America Inc. was known throughout the funeral services industry in the United States for...
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Fire Training Facility Manufacturer Grows by Exporting with the SBA
Kirila Fire Training Facilities was established in 2007 to provide a service that covers all activities involved with the design, manufacture, construction, modification, repair, maintenance, and...
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Army Veteran Rose from Manager to Owner of Emporia Business
Williams Towing, Inc. in Emporia, Kansas was founded on January 2, 2018 by Clint Drake when he bought the towing division of Williams Automotive. Drake had successfully managed the towing division for...
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Pioneering Architectural Firm Grows into a New Space by Means of an SBA-Backed Loan
Robert P. Madison opened an office for the practice of architecture in Cleveland, Ohio on July 17, 1954. A successful SBA 8(a) graduate, his was the first African American owned architecture firm in...