Success stories
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Mac-O-Licious
Mac-O-licious is a small restaurant in the Valley Village area. It was founded as a food truck by Kelly Chapman in 2012, and it has successfully grown into a beautiful storefront in less than two...
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CJSeto Support Services, LLC
CJSeto Support Services, LLC (CJS) thrived under the auspices of the 8(a) program and continues to thrive after graduation. Managing Director Chet Seto owes this continued success partly to a...
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Southeast C&I Electric Co., Inc.
Southeast C&I Electric Co., Inc. was founded in 1984 by husband and wife team Marvin Lowrance and Virginia Parker. Marvin who had extensive electrical training in the military and Virginia who sought...
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Three Sisters Reinvent the Family Farm into a World Class Cheese Producer
After nearly 100 years of dairy farming along the Northern California coastline, the Giacomini family dairy farm had reached an impasse. The farm had grown to its limits at the same time that...
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Off the Grid
Originally from Denver, Colorado, Matt started his career as a public school educator. His professional career then took him to Southern Japan, where he taught English with the JET program. After...
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Engineer Brings the Dessert Flavors of Mumbai to San Francisco with SBA Assistance
A civil engineer who worked on large-scale transportation infrastructure systems like BART and Muni, Priti Narayanan was feeling burnt out at her job. One night, while walking with her wife in San...
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SBA’s Women’s Business Center Consulting and SBA’s Emergency Capital Programs Helps Wild Hand Spin the Wheel of Success
Liz Sytsma is the owner of Wild Hand, a unique, community-oriented yarn and fiber shop based in the quaint Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia. The business was started in 2018 and became a retail...
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Silvia’s Bakery’s Ingredients for Pandemic Success: Technical Assistance and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
Silvia’s Bakery is a minority-owned, immigrant-owned, and woman-owned business specializing in baking pastries and creating Latin-inspired desserts for wholesale and retail clients. Silvia Paulino...