Success stories
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Dicin Electric – Lighting up Connecticut
Dicin Electric has been lighting up Connecticut since 1973! Cindy Hersom, a small business contractor, based in Waterford became the sole owner of Dicin Electric in 2015 a business started by her...
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SBA’s 2024 New Hampshire Woman-Owned Business of the Year Danielle Jones ~ Abenaki Trail Restaurant and Pub ~ North Conway
Abenaki Trail Restaurant and Pub was born out of a labor of love for food, service, and community. Danielle Jones made the decision to start this small independently owned restaurant after serving for...
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Filling a Niche with a Unique Business Concept -- Pieces: Board Game Bar and Restaurant
The daughter of an immigrant who moved back to the Philippines and a first generation Irish-American father who passed away when she was 17, Laura Leister’s adult life began with unstable housing and...
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Careful Planning Plus Quality Ingredients Equal Success
Charlie Downs knows a bit about running businesses. After all, he has started or taken over 39 restaurants since 1982 (after owning a restaurant supply company). He is co-owner of the successful fast...
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Willow Tree Tutoring – How a Personal Catastrophe Turned into a Great Opportunity
Jess Beeson had been teaching in the public schools for eight years when a tragedy struck her family—her husband developed liver cancer thanks to a childhood ailment. Because of transplant rules, he...
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From Inspiration to Success: Goody Girl Flower Farm
Marina Goody, like millions of other business owners, had an entrepreneurial epiphany during the Pandemic. Faced with the loss of her corporate job, Marina took that as an opportunity to create her...
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2024 South Dakota Small Business Government Contractor of the Year Dakota Plains Electrical Contracting, Inc.
After high school graduation, Darrell Brotsky went to work for a concrete contractor for a couple of years and then went to work for an electrical contractor for the next 6 years gaining the...
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Jodi Schwan, Sioux Falls.Business 2024 South Dakota District Office’s Champion of the Year
SiouxFalls.Business is a locally owned digital news organization serving the Sioux Falls, SD business community. Their mission is to inform, connect and engage the Sioux Falls business community...