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Soap Making Hobby Turned Multimillion-Dollar Business called Bramble Berry

Anne-Marie Faiola turned a soap-making hobby into a multimillion-dollar business called Bramble Berry. From shea butter to lavender essential oil to palm oil, Bramble Berry now sells raw materials to soap and toiletry artisans worldwide....

It takes a lot of love to make a Cupcake Royale

In late 2008, Jody Hall, like her cupcakes, rose to the occasion. Increasing demand for her cakes offered at her three Cupcake Royale locations challenged her capacity to satisfy it. In addition, the volume of her catering and wholesale...

Recovery Loan Helps Hardware Store Open

Ace Hardware of Silver Lake opened its doors in July thanks to SBA’s 7(a) loan program. Gary Skrla was laid off from his corporate job and headed to the SBA office in Seattle to discuss his business ideas with Ed Milan, a SCORE...