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Mission-Driven Café Gets Support from SBA to Continue Serving
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/mission-driven-cafe-gets-support-sba-continue-serving… SBA to Continue Serving The concept behind Bellden Café, a mission-driven café in the heart of Bellevue, came from … young children. Claire turned to her bank for a business loan to help with unforeseen construction expenses but was … everything. Claire was able to secure Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds … -
Wonderlyn Murphy followed in the Footsteps of Her Father to 8(a) Certification
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/wonderlyn-murphy-followed-footsteps-her-father-8a-certification… Murphy followed in the Footsteps of Her Father to 8(a) Certification City Enterprise is a full-service general contractor, specializing in … so it took another few years to really put the 8 (a) program to work for City Enterprise. Wonda took advantage of … Murphy followed in the Footsteps of Her Father to 8(a) Certification … -
Security Guard to Security Services Provider
https://www.sba.gov/success-stories/security-guard-security-services-provider… her 2 young children in the mid 1990’s on her own after a divorce. Determined to find a better way to support her family, Bankhead took a position … Most recently she has leveraged the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) during the Covid-19 pandemic. She has also … -
Biden-Harris Administration to Expand Support for Veteran Small Business Owners
https://www.sba.gov/article/2023/04/21/biden-harris-administration-expand-support-veteran-small-business-owners… grow their businesses and advance our economy.” “VBOCs are a one-stop shop for business training, counseling, and … and military spouses interested in starting or growing a small business,” said Timothy Green , Acting Associate … wait times.” Today’s announcement expands the VBOC program from 22 to 28 locations, fully servicing all 50 … -
How the Small Business Administration Is Helping Hispanic Entrepreneurs Make Big Strides
https://www.sba.gov/blog/how-small-business-administration-helping-hispanic-entrepreneurs-make-big-strides… about U.S. Small Business Administration Editor’s note: A version of this blog first appeared in Mediaplanet’s … Espinosa by providing her business with an SBA-backed loan to purchase fixed assets, which helped to bolster the … company moved from a 500 square-foot incubator space to a 7,000 square-foot space in 2017. Dreams become realities This … -
SBA Revises Employee-Based Size Standards for Manufacturing and Other Industry Sectors
https://www.sba.gov/article/2016/jan/28/sba-revises-employee-based-size-standards-manufacturing-other-industry-sectors-0… industries with employee-based size standards that are not a part of NAICS Sector 31-33, Sector 42 (Wholesale Trade), … rule also eliminates the requirement that 90 percent of a refiner’s output being delivered should be refined by the … and will make more small businesses eligible for SBA’s loan programs. When reviewing size standards, SBA takes into … -
Strength, Resilience, and a Little Sauce are the Ingredients for a New Beginning in Oregon
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/strength-resilience-and-little-sauce-are-ingredients-new-beginning-oregon… Strength, Resilience, and a Little Sauce are the Ingredients for a New Beginning in … (SBDC) promoting their “Getting Your Recipe to Market” program. The comprehensive course opened the door to new … the job. Facing a decrease in revenue, they applied for a loan under the SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) which … -
Building a Solid Foundation with SBA Resources
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/building-solid-foundation-sba-resources… Building a Solid Foundation with SBA Resources Dunn Electric, LLC … company going. He received an SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL), EIDL Advance grant and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. He stated, “Those loans helped save the … Building a Solid Foundation with SBA Resources … -
U.S. Small Business Administration Congratulates 2024 Exporter of the Year
https://www.sba.gov/article/2024/03/20/us-small-business-administration-congratulates-2024-exporter-year… manufactures specialty contact lenses. Felipe Arroyave, a Colombian who immigrated to the US at 18, spent the next 17 years working in the vision industry while completing a degree in international business. In 2017, he started his … success with the help of our State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) grant , and we are thrilled that the SBA was … -
SBA Awards Funding to Veterans Business Outreach Center at the University of Maryland, College Park
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PPP Profile - Newton Specialty Retailer Capitalizes on Pet Industry Trends
https://www.sba.gov/success-stories/ppp-profile-newton-specialty-retailer-capitalizes-pet-industry-trends… Center and Wellness Spa in Newton, are carving out a niche market on Main Street. Pets are a lifelong commitment … its doors last December with the help of an SBA-guaranteed loan. The business got off on the right foot until the … SBA loan under the federal agency’s Cares Act Debt Relief Program. As the nation begins to re-open, Earthwise Pets is … -
READOUT: The U.S. Small Business Administration Hosts Webinar for Small Business Owners on Economic Aid and Recovery for New England Region
https://www.sba.gov/article/2021/jul/09/readout-us-small-business-administration-hosts-webinar-small-business-owners-economic-aid-recovery… and Public Private Strategies Institute hosted a New England Region (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New … SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman have laid out a bold vision for the agency to reinvigorate our nation’s … Venue Operators Grants and Paycheck Protection Program . She also discussed technical assistance that SBA … -
SBA-backed Financing Fuels Growth with Partner Buyout, Pandemic Relief
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/sba-backed-financing-fuels-growth-partner-buyout-pandemic-relief… started working for the company early in 2012, it was as a consultant assisting with marketing and strategic planning … Working with Choice Bank in 2018, he used an SBA-backed loan to finance the partner equity buy-out. Then in 2020, … company should take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program. Things had been going very well in the first … -
READOUT: Administrator Guzman Visits Rhode Island and Massachusetts to Highlight Buying American-Made and Historic Growth in New Small Businesses
https://www.sba.gov/article/2022/jul/08/readout-administrator-guzman-visits-rhode-island-massachusetts-highlight-buying-american-made… and the record number of small business applications – a more than 30 percent increase – under the Biden-Harris … traditions. The business received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) loans to assist with their pandemic recovery. … -
Vera Hall of Innovative Performance Construction Co.
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/vera-hall-innovative-performance-construction-co… has over 10 years’ experience in construction management. A college vocational ed class sparked her interest in the industry. As part of a class project, she helped replace her grandmother’s … essential to Vera’s growth was the SBA Emerging Leaders program. She received business training and networking … -
John Martincic Engineers Award-Winning Company
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/john-martincic-engineers-award-winning-company… on his upstart business. The wager paid off. Fulfilling a childhood dream of residing and owning a business in Forest … a small section.” Martincic not only used an SBA-backed loan to purchase the building but also the SBA’s COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to weather the pandemic and reward his … -
‘Bringing People Together Again' at the Throwback Brewery
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/bringing-people-together-again-throwback-brewery… Brewery ‘Throwback Brewery’ opened in July 2011 in a setting much different than it is today. Back then owners … Lee and Nicole Carrier pursued their vision of starting a small brewery operation in a small New Hampshire warehouse … times.” Throwback used the initial Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to cover payroll while being mostly … -
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SBA Recognizes Regions Bank and Berkshire Bank at Annual SBA Export Lenders’ Roundtable
https://www.sba.gov/article/2020/feb/06/sba-recognizes-regions-bank-berkshire-bank-annual-sba-export-lenders-roundtable