Success stories
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Hawaii 2022 Family-Owned Business of the Year
Commercial Tire Source is Hawaii's 2022 Family-Owned Business of the Year. Commercial Tire Source is a tire dealership founded in 2006 by Anthony Rodrigues. The business started with two employees and...
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Maui County 2022 Small Business Person of the Year
Lynn Nalani Solu, Marjorie & David Hunkins, Charlene Hunkins of Kihei Rent A Car are Maui County's 2022 Small Business Persons of the Year. After years of working at a rental car agency, David Hunkins...
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Hawaii 2022 Veteran-Owned Small Business of the Year
Square Barrels owned by Hideo Simon is Hawaii's 2022 Veteran-Owned Small Business of the Year. Hideo Simon is a serial entrepreneur. Since the young age of 14, he has pursued start-ups in all his...
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SBA’s 2022 New Hampshire and New England Veteran-Owned Business of the Year: EXPANSIA — Nashua
Adam ‘AJ” Jarnagin is founding partner and CEO of EXPANSIA of Nashua, a leading consulting firm focusing on advancing technology & technical services in support of our nation’s defense. EXPANSIA...
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Greenstone Construction
Fargo, ND - Justin Lindteigen’s interest in construction goes back as far as he can remember – from watching his grandfather in his woodworking shop, to summer jobs roofing and framing homes. Unsure...
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Interpreting Success
Indira “Indy” Vega, President and CEO of Indy Interpreting Inc. DBA CCI Group, started her business in 2012 with the vision that she wanted to provide professional linguistic services to immigrants...
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2022 Rhode Island Small Business Person of the Year
“Have you ever wished, just for a moment, you could live inside an adventure movie? Want to be the hero that solves the cold case or saves the world?” You can – and more – at The Riddle Room...
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How securing SBA financing helped the Bottling Plant Event Center get their start and recover from the pandemic
Following a successful career working for nonprofits where Lisa Ditchkoff did case management work, coordinated events and fundraising, she embraced the idea of starting her own event planning...