Success stories

Bringing Big City Living to Small Town Plates

When you meet Jilan Hall-Johnson you instantly recognize that she is driven as well as passionate about food and family. The love of food and cooking started at an early age where she would often be...

SBA Resource Partner Helps Wood Artists Build Bigger Dreams

“Big dreamers” is how Anna and Nathanael Bailey describe themselves. The Baileys are wood artists and co-owners of Bailey Builds. Using SBA programs and services, the Entrepreneur Fund stepped in to...

SBA Microlender Helps the Clay Coyote Reinvent Itself

Clay Coyote is a gallery and pottery studio located in the heartland of Minnesota. In addition to a gallery space that showcases artists from across the country, it is also home to a small business...

Minority-Owned Roofing Company Adds Competitive Edge with SBA Programs

Advanced Design Contracting is a construction company known for installing roofing systems in commercial construction, historical renovation, and executive buildings. It is a union shop that self...

Small Town Restaurant Experiences Big Time Community Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Luis Salinas, co-owner of the Burrito House in Schuyler, Nebraska is quick to mention how important the community is to a small business’ success, especially during tough times like the COVID-19...

Pharmaceutical Company Receives SBA PPP Loans & Research Grants

Situation: Estimates show that developing a single prescription drug that gains market approval cost $2.6 billion. The further a drug goes into this process, from R&D to clinical trials to...

SBA Recovery Programs Assist Engineering Firm Through Pandemic

Situation Chella Subram immigrated from India to the U.S. in 1992 to attend engineering graduate school. After graduation, he took a consulting job in Louisville, KY. Later, he opened Cornerstone...

Closing the digital divide: SBA helps firm upscale & serve

Always Giving Back (AGB) Investigative Services is the largest black-owned and award-winning security service firm in the nation located in 15 states with more than 1000 employees. Established in 2001...