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Charles Curtis, Jr., CEO of Draker Laboratories Selected Vermont Small Business Person of the Year

Five small business owners, four small business champions and a lender have been selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for outstanding success in their chosen fields. Charles “Chach” Curtis Jr. CEO of Draker...

Industrial Services Inc. Goes Global in Vermont

Freshwater Vermont is not the place one might expect expertise in the removal of salt from seawater, and yet St. George, Vermont is the home of Industrial Services, Inc., a thriving international company focused on desalination. In fact...

Father & Daughter Science Bond Produces Bia Diagnostics

Bia Diagnostics is the manifestation of a long-term science bond shared by father and daughter, Thomas and Hannah Grace. One of Hannah’s first memories is of observing, at the age of three, the division of cells through her father...

Young Entrepreneur Tackles Two Businesses at a Time

Although she’s only twenty-five, Mollie Breault-Binaghi’s interests and education have given her a giant leg up in two businesses: Copy World, a printing services company in Barre, and Eternity Web, a web design business in S....

Barre's Beacon of Community Spirit: Valerie Beaudet

When Valerie Beaudet learned Flowers by Emslie & Co. was for sale in 2002, she bought the business with an $80,000 SBA-guaranteed loan plus funding from personal resources and immediately turned her attention to customer service...

Resilience: A Gem in the Renaissance Crown

Only in fiction might you expect to find someone who is a jeweler, a sleuth, and an historian, all at one time. But Vermont can claim Caitlyn Wilkinson, owner of Renaissance Fine Jewelry in downtown Brattleboro, as that person. ...

Federal Program Empowers Minority Small Businesses

The owner of a Colchester construction company is starting to see how participation in a small business development program can help pave the way for federal government contracts. Mark Aafedt, owner of A&A Construction in Colchester, is one...