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Have an Address Change for Your Business? Here’s Who You Need to Inform.
https://www.sba.gov/blog/have-address-change-your-business-heres-who-you-need-inform… Marco Carbajo SBA Blog Contributor Marco Carbajo is a business credit expert, author, speaker, and founder of the Business Credit Insiders Circle. He is a business credit blogger for Dun and Bradstreet Credibility … accounts and any lender or bank you have a business loan or business credit line with. Business Credit Accounts … -
SBA’s 2024 New Hampshire District Director Award Dancing Lion Chocolate, LLC Manchester
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/sbas-2024-new-hampshire-district-director-award-dancing-lion-chocolate-llc-manchester… Richard Tango-Lowy founded Dancing Lion Chocolate in a rented kitchen in downtown Manchester in 2007, and in 2011 … opened his Elm Street location, which has since become a global destination for fans of some of the world’s finest … thrive. In 2011, Richard acquired a 504 SBA-backed loan from Granite State Economic Corporation (GSDC) and … -
Cold Spot Feeds, SBA's 2016 Small Business of the Year
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/cold-spot-feeds-sbas-2016-small-business-year… waning as the pipeline construction days were coming to a close and she was looking for something she could do from home while raising a family. After lots of thought and research she came up with … during the 1993 season. The business took on its first loan, expanding out of the garage into a real storefront … -
SBA Partner and Minnesota Rural Community Rallies Around Immigrant Business Owner
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/sba-partner-and-minnesota-rural-community-rallies-around-immigrant-business-owner… the Philippines, grew up in the restaurant business. With a bachelor’s degree in accounting and while working in the … selling eggrolls at special events around the area under a tent, Ruby’s community rallied around her and she created … also helped her get an SBA COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan to help mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. According … -
Brighter Days Expected in 2023 for Veteran-Owned Small Business
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/brighter-days-expected-2023-veteran-owned-small-business… in 2023 for Veteran-Owned Small Business Team CPR is a medical billing and provider resources firm located in West … to have to lay off most of the remaining staff. We were a tight-knit group, and it was one of the most painful things … Protection Program and the COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan to catch up on bills and strategize about next steps. By … -
New Mexico and Rhode Island Firms Take Top Honors in Federal Contracting
https://www.sba.gov/article/2018/apr/27/new-mexico-rhode-island-firms-take-top-honors-federal-contracting… Firms Take Top Honors in Federal Contracting WASHINGTON – A construction company, Weil Construction, Inc. from … benefitted from the assistance of an SBA-backed loan, SCORE and a Small Business Development Center. Weil … million in subcontracting dollars to small businesses, $51.7 million in subcontracting dollars to small disadvantaged … -
SBA Licenses First Nationwide Impact Investment Fund
https://www.sba.gov/article/2016/oct/06/sba-licenses-first-nationwide-impact-investment-fund… The third fund managed by SJF Ventures will build upon a successful track record of returns and impacts across 34 … impact investment initiative is part of Startup America, a White House initiative to bring together public and private … the flow of private equity capital and long-term loan funds to small businesses. In FY 2011, the SBIC program … -
Blessed and Highly Favored Cuisine
https://www.sba.gov/success-stories/blessed-and-highly-favored-cuisine… first learned about the SBA through his wife Lowanda and a friend who was very familiar with SBA programs and … with employee pay, equipment and marketing costs during a time that it was needed. SBA helped with grants, loans, … -
READOUT: SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman Visits Nashville, Tennessee to Highlight Economic Recovery of Small Businesses, Speak at International Economic Development Council Annual Conference
https://www.sba.gov/article/2021/oct/06/readout-sba-administrator-isabella-casillas-guzman-visits-nashville-tennessee-highlight-economic… Nashville, Tennessee, this Monday, October 4, as part of a national tour highlighting small … get back to work. "I was thrilled to visit Nashville, a city with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and an outsized … Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) recipients who have used the workspace to expand … -
Family Owned Clinic Grows to Serve Their Community
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/family-owned-clinic-grows-serve-their-community… Clinic Grows to Serve Their Community ACTS Pharmacy is a family-owned, independent pharmacy and clinic based in … husband and wife, ACTS Pharmacy serves their community as a full-service pharmacy coupled with clinical services … Program (PPP) and COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, they kept their employees on board and … -
How SBA Fueled Woody’s Trucking’s Growth & Expansion
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/how-sba-fueled-woodys-truckings-growth-expansion… Woody’s Trucking started in Lester Prairie, MN with a handful of trucks, and their primary efforts spent hauling … Wood had their sights set on growing Woody’s Trucking into a model, family-owned enterprise with an unwavering … Trucking moved to Wilmar, MN, which has proven to be a significant milestone for the business. In 2015, Woody’s … -
Hispanic Heritage Month Success Story
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/hispanic-heritage-month-success-story… in the United States Since immigrating from Ecuador as a teenager, Eduardo Crespo has been an entrepreneurial … career started when he founded Latin Hit Parade , a groundbreaking Spanish-language radio program serving … Program and securing an SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan to keep the business open. In the second quarter of … -
SBA helps veteran business owner pivot from suds to social media
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Los Angeles Investment Firm Named Small Business Investment Company of the Year
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SBA Participates in 2016 DyNet Conference
https://www.sba.gov/article/2016/apr/21/sba-participates-2016-dynet-conference… 2016. The federal and prime network event begins at 8:30 a.m. and is offered at no cost. The conference educates … Lopez, Lender Relations Specialists from SBA , Tim James, Loan Officer, First Microloan of WV Summary The 2016 Dynamic … -
Eleven Individuals Indicted For Stealing More Than Two Million Dollars In COVID Relief Funds
https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/12/12/eleven-individuals-indicted-stealing-more-two-million-dollars-covid-relief-funds… and nine counts of wire fraud. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each … between April 2020 and June 2021, the conspirators devised a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration by … multiple false and fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) … -
Everything is better sunny side up
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/everything-better-sunny-side… communities where electricity is scarce. Through a research project at Purdue University’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering he discovered a significant need to develop an affordable method to dry … EXIM Bank and with an SBA-backed export working capital loan. Impact: Dr. Ilelegi put all this export training and … -
Draft TechNote 7b
https://www.sba.gov/document/technote-7b-draft-technote-7b… Expenses For Leveraged SBICs. SBA drafted TechNote 7b to (a) clarify SBA’s interpretation of existing regulations and … Expenses through the approval of its LPA. TechNote 7 and 7a identified the maximum allowable management fee SBA … an Associate. Use of Management Fees (C.5). Both TechNote 7 and 7a stated that management fees must be used solely for … -
SBA Recognizes the Contributions of Women Entrepreneurs during National Women’s Small Business Month
https://www.sba.gov/article/2018/oct/09/sba-recognizes-contributions-women-entrepreneurs-during-national-womens-small-business-month… and taken the leap into entrepreneurship. Women are a driving force in the nation’s economy, starting most new … do more by providing tools and resources to create or grow a small business and employ more Americans.” The growing … plan, connecting with a business mentor, or receiving a loan to start or expand their business, each woman can access …