Success stories

Success stories

  • Business owner Dee stands in front of a window dressed in black for a professional headshot

    Dee Decimus Holmes, All Embracing Home Care

    Dee is a passionate and dedicated entrepreneur, the owner of All Embracing Home Care, a professional in-home care company serving counties in North Dakota and Arizona. They specialize in providing...

  • Sudhansu (Sam) Tadav stands with a mannequin in sunglasses

    The Right Move at the Right Time

    SBA Indiana 2025 Small Business Person of the year Sudhansu (Sam) Yadav is a problem solver who owns a company that helps other companies – big and small – keep people safe. Quest Safety Products, Inc...

  • Business people gathering in an office

    Teaching High-Tech Skills and Building for the Future

    Olson Custom Designs (OCD), based in Indianapolis, is a high-tech machine shop and training facility that manufactures quality products for the aerospace, medical, and commercial industries. OCD...

  • Lined up cardboard boxes on pallets in a manufacturing warehouse

    Recycling Waste into Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions

    CT Polymers, located in rural Indiana, is a custom compounder of thermoplastic resins. They take plastic waste and give it a new life as a compounding resin used by multiple industries to make all...

  • Man in a black suit and white shirt poses for a headshot photo

    La Luce Cristallina - Light Years Ahead

    It’s hard to catch up with La Luce Cristallina, which is on the cutting edge of silicon photonics technology. Alex Demkov and Agham Posadas developed innovative materials to offer high-performance...

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    Lou and Michael Auletta, Bauer, Inc

    Bauer, Inc., based in Bristol, CT, has become a worldwide leader in aircraft test and support equipment thanks to the leadership of Lou Auletta, President & CEO, and Michael Auletta, Senior VP of...

  • Veteran Entrepreneur holds a mushroom in his hand in front of a work facility

    Chris Pacheco, Veteran Entrepreneur and Founder of Seacoast Mushrooms

    Chris Pacheco, a Mystic, Connecticut resident and Navy veteran, has transformed his passion for sustainable farming into a flourishing business with Seacoast Mushrooms. Founded in 2015, Seacoast...

  • Michelle Nicholson, owner of a bakery in Connecticut

    Michelle Nicholson and The Flour Girl Bakery Café

    Michelle Nicholson, founder of The Flour Girl Bakery Café in Hebron, Connecticut, exemplifies entrepreneurial resilience and community leadership. Launching her bakery as a home-based cottage food...