Success stories
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Persistence and Assistance Pay Off for All Washed Up
Persistence has a way of paying off, especially when persistence is paired with assistance. Shantae Holmes, owner of All Washed Up Laundry Services, knows this first-hand and has experienced that pay...
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SBA Recovery Programs Allow This Business to Keep On Cookin’ Through Pandemic
What happens when you fuse traditional Italian recipes with soul food grilling? You get The Black Italian Grill Kitchen. In 2008, Chef Paula Hunter was cooking and needed to add meat to her...
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VT Fitness Studio Bouncing Back After Pandemic
Every new year millions of Americans vow this is the year they are going to lose weight, join a gym and workout every day, and yet every year in the middle of February about 80% of Americans who made...
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Bubba Restaurant Celebrates Economic Recovery with PRIDE
Pride is a common theme these days for Chris Diebel. The co-owner and managing partner of Bubba is proud of the restaurant industry’s resiliency and ongoing support of the LGBTQ community despite a...
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Black-Owned Business Thriving Despite Pandemic By Utilizing SBA Assistance Programs
Gregory Modica knows that business ownership is not for the faint of heart. Raised as a child of a WWII Navy veteran and the youngest of 11 children, Modica was taught to be hardworking, productive...
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Success with SBA Programs for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business
For 22 years, Mitch worked for the VA Medical Centers where he realized there was an opportunity for general contractors with experience in government operations and contracting who could provide...
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Bed N Biscuit Ranch
BISMARCK, ND — Lila Teunissen and Michelle Thomsen are co-owners of Bed N Biscuit Ranch in Bismarck, ND. “The Ranch,” as they affectionately call it, provides boarding, grooming, training and daycare...
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Elinor Coatings
FARGO, ND — Elinor Coatings, LLC was founded in 2006 by Holly Anderson and Dante Battocchi. The company researches and produces chromate-free anticorrosion coatings and metal protection solutions for...