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https://www.sba.gov/success-story/buttermilk-biscuit… May 2023, I applied for an SBA 7(a) Community Advantage loan through a Certified Development Company (CDC),” LeAnna … a business advisor to help improve my projections. This loan provided the startup capital I needed to bring … Biscuit in November 2023, and the Community Advantage loan helped execute her vision to create a “home away for …
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SBA Finalizes Rule to Adjust Monetary Based Size Standards For Inflation
https://www.sba.gov/article/2016/jan/28/sba-finalizes-rule-adjust-monetary-based-size-standards-inflation-0… worth and net income that applies to SBA’s 7(a) and 504 loan programs. The new alternative standard was established … eligibility under the agency’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program in connection with Hurricanes Katrina, … -
Local bakery utilizes Paycheck Protection Program to ease payroll burden during COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.sba.gov/offices/district/wv/clarksburg/success-stories/local-bakery-utilizes-paycheck-protection-program-ease-payroll-burden-during-covid-19-pandemic… West Virginia, started 36 years ago with an SBA guaranteed loan. Ten years later, when the business was forced to … notified I was approved, and on April 21 I closed on the loan,” said Harris. “I feel like we have come full circle … our business with the SBA and now getting this PPP loan to sustain our business during this crisis.” … -
Business Owner Sentenced After Receiving More than $1.6 Million in Funds from the CARES Act
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Championing Equitable Access for Women Business Owners
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SBA Names California’s Equator Coffees & Teas 2016 National Small Business of the Year
https://www.sba.gov/article/2016/may/03/sba-names-californias-equator-coffees-teas-2016-national-small-business-year-0… Brooke purchased their own roasting plant using an SBA 504 loan. They have worked diligently with their farmers for 17 … never lost her determination. She took a disaster recovery loan from the SBA and patiently awaited the return of paying … Spirits Epicenter. Dafoe has used an SBA-backed 7(a) loan and a separate 504 loan to move to its current HUBZone … -
3 Ways to Get Working Capital for Your Business
https://www.sba.gov/blog/3-ways-get-working-capital-your-business… offering a much easier debt to service compared to a loan. To give yourself extra padding to meet your company’s … -
Mead-ing All Over the World
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/mead-ing-all-over-world… with 7,450 square feet of production space. A new SBA loan is now assisting in the opening of a new facility in … -
SBA Awards Funding for 22 Veterans Business Outreach Centers
https://www.sba.gov/article/2018/may/14/sba-awards-funding-22-veterans-business-outreach-centers… business education, technical assistance, revolving loan funds, and SBA Loans. To learn more about the new VBOC … -
Paycheck Protection Program Keeps Ovens Burning, Workers Employed at Vauxhall Takeout Barbeque Restaurant
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/paycheck-protection-program-keeps-ovens-burning-workers-employed-vauxhall-takeout… able to secure thanks to a $75,000 SBA Community Advantage Loan and Microloan for $15,000 from the Regional Business … to an SBA Paycheck Protection Program First & Second Draw loan, Finnick persevered. While COVID-19 initially presented … -
Austin Company Finds Success in the Global Marketplace with Help from SBA and the Department of Commerce
https://www.sba.gov/blog/austin-company-finds-success-global-marketplace-help-sba-department-commerce… off. Allal connected Vujosevic to an SBA-approved Export Express lender, Texas Champion Bank, out of San Antonio, … After reviewing the business plan and discussing the loan structure with Allal, the bank approved the loan. The funds supported Optimal’s additional market … -
New Ownership and Same Strong Company Culture
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/new-ownership-same-strong-company-culture… had obtained an SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan during the pandemic, attended SBA training events over … active SBA lender in the region, and obtained an SBA 7(a) loan. And he appreciates the SBA's assistance in enabling a … -
Careful Planning Plus Quality Ingredients Equal Success
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SBA Resource Partner Helps Wood Artists Build Bigger Dreams
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/sba-resource-partner-helps-wood-artists-build-bigger-dreams… out and quickly connected with an Entrepreneur Fund loan officer. Together they all worked virtually and at record pace to secure financing through an SBA 7a loan in time for the original closing date during the … The business also used the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan, the EIDL Advance and Paycheck Protection Program funds … -
But Why Buy, Create Your Own Franchise!
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/why-buy-create-your-own-franchise… and Northern Bank, Ruth received a small 7(a) guaranteed loan first to start the business and later received a larger 7(a) loan to expand into franchising. Prior to getting approved … linked websites and does not endorse the views they express or the products/services they offer. (photo credit: … -
Readout of SBA Administrator Guzman’s visit to Las Vegas
https://www.sba.gov/article/2023/06/08/readout-sba-administrator-guzmans-visit-las-vegas… SBA delivered over 1,000 loans through its flagship 504 loan program to AANHPI-owned small businesses to the total of … -
SBA Launches Portal to Begin Accepting Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Applications on April 8
https://www.sba.gov/article/2021/mar/19/sba-launches-portal-begin-accepting-shuttered-venue-operators-grant-applications-april-8… amended the SVOG program so entities that apply for a PPP loan after Dec. 27, 2020, can also apply for an SVOG, with the eligible entity’s SVOG to be reduced by the PPP loan amount. The PPP loan applications have been updated to reflect this. As the … -
Sal & Mookie’s New York Pizza & Ice Cream Joint
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/sal-mookies-new-york-pizza-ice-cream-joint… to adversity. The business received a SBA 7(a) guaranteed loan from Trustmark Bank in 2011 to obtain more favorable … their business under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP Loan), Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance to sustain the business due to a … -
SBA Extends Physical Deadline for Puerto Rico Private Nonprofit Organizations Affected by Tropical Storm Ernesto
https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/02/11/sba-extends-physical-deadline-puerto-rico-private-nonprofit-organizations-affected-tropical-storm… property damage. Applicants may be eligible for a loan amount increase of up to 20% of their physical damages, … -
A Brief Guide to Fixing an Incomplete, Outdated or Incorrect Credit Report
https://www.sba.gov/blog/brief-guide-fixing-incomplete-outdated-or-incorrect-credit-report