Success stories
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Adding Creativity to the Trades with Help from the SBA and Partners
When Tobias Flood and Mark Eiden met in college in 2014, where they were studying machine tooling technology, the pair quickly decided to start a business together. Luckily for them, the college...
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SBA Resource Partner Helps Wood Artists Build Bigger Dreams
“Big dreamers” is how Anna and Nathanael Bailey describe themselves. The Baileys are wood artists and co-owners of Bailey Builds. Using SBA programs and services, the Entrepreneur Fund stepped in to...
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SBA Microlender Helps the Clay Coyote Reinvent Itself
Clay Coyote is a gallery and pottery studio located in the heartland of Minnesota. In addition to a gallery space that showcases artists from across the country, it is also home to a small business...
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Minority-Owned Roofing Company Adds Competitive Edge with SBA Programs
Advanced Design Contracting is a construction company known for installing roofing systems in commercial construction, historical renovation, and executive buildings. It is a union shop that self...
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SBA-backed Financing Fuels Growth with Partner Buyout, Pandemic Relief
Founded in 2000, EXB Solutions provides systems engineering and embedded software development services for safety and mission-critical projects in the aerospace, defense, and medical technology...
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The Show Will Go On Thanks to Help from the SBA
Craig Samborski, owner of Draw Events, started 2019 with big plans already in action to produce events around the country. The company annually produces the Tall Ships Festival in Duluth, Minnesota...
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Tamarack Tap Room Finds a Way Forward with SBA Assistance
Tamarack Taproom owner Bob Kinsella remembers March 17, 2020 vividly, sharing, “When I heard that the restaurants were being shut down due to COVID-19, I rushed back to my office to check our bank...
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SBA Export Loan Programs Help Company Feed the World with Minnesota Grains
Stone Arch Commodities is a Minnesota-based export trading company that was formed in 2016 by Revis Stephenson, Joseph Caruso, Hunter Kaestner, and Max Shimada. It specializes in trading grain...