Success stories
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Nebraska Entrepreneur Turns Being "That Guy" Into A Successful Small Business
According to his friends, Alan Rust is “that guy.” He’s that guy you ask when you want to go to the best restaurant in the city, hoist a few in the best brewery in town, or hit the best bars for a...
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Manufacturing Company takes a STEP Overseas
Founded in 1994 as part of an incubator project in Corning, New York, Silicon Carbide Products (SCP) is a manufacturing company that produces complex Nitride Bonded Silicon Carbide products and has...
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Rural Delmarva Retailer-Turned-Manufacturer’s Growth Defies Pandemic Odds
A home-based e-commerce sideline business grows into a self-supporting brick-and-mortar retail shop and then launches its own manufacturing enterprise, bringing industry, jobs, and “Made-in-America”...
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Homeless Mom Builds a Business and a New Life with SBA Programs
Homeless Mom Builds a Business and a New Life with SBA Programs to Help Family and Community Situation Christy Clark spent years as a homeless single mother trying to escape an abusive relationship...
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OH! What a saving grace
The establishment of OH! Hair Design Studio was the fulfillment of a dream come true for Anita Watkins. From an early age she had dreams of becoming an entrepreneur, because she wanted to leave a...
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Knitting Communities Together: A Local Story with a Global Impact
Nicole Snow was selling home goods and clothing at craft fairs in California when she decided that she wanted to learn how to knit. With a passion for crafting and access to artisan sources in India...
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Veteran & Wife Start Bakery Business in the Lowcountry
Entrepreneurship was always the goal for husband and wife duo, Katherine and Manning Frankstone. The couple had been researching food business options for a few years and settled on starting a cookie...
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Hop City Craft Beer & Wine
Kraig Torres always had a love of beer. After departing the Coast Guard and moving with his wife to Atlanta, he eventually opened up his dream business, a store offering craft beers from all over the...