Success stories
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Designing Woman Creates Spaces Across the Country
Diane Coury flipped $50 into a one-woman interior design business in 1980; it never flopped. “I thought, ‘I couldn’t do any worse venturing out on my own versus working for someone else,’” Coury...
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The SBA Celebrates Womens Small Business Pandemic-Partnership Success
Tea. Candles. A good book. Some would say it’s a perfect combination for a quiet evening at home during the pandemic. Melissa Vertosick would agree. A chance meeting at a maker’s market brewed up...
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Family Promise Turns Urban English Garden into Thriving Small Business
No assistants. No coolers filled with fresh-cut flowers. Just a promise to design and deliver centerpieces for a 200-person wedding. For Karen Toole, a niece’s wedding helped her create a niche, women...