Success stories
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COVID Forces Boat Builders To Innovate
As COVID-19 spread across the state in 2020 closing schools, restaurants, theaters and countless other places of employment the pandemic forced Vermonters to learn and work from their homes. When it...
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SBA Partner and Minnesota Rural Community Rallies Around Immigrant Business Owner
Ruby Tungseth-Dowden, originally from the Philippines, grew up in the restaurant business. With a bachelor’s degree in accounting and while working in the health care industry, she began her small...
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SBA Programs Help Compass Occasions Use Pandemic “Downtime” to Add Tech and Grow
When Kayla Zuidema and Valerie Mackenthun opened Hutchinson, Minn. based Compass Occasions in 2014, it was with a goal of eventually adding an event space of their own. They never could have imagined...
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With SBA COVID Relief Programs, Restauranteur and Caterer is Able to Stay in Business and Grow
While working as a Chicago-area radio marketer and on-air personality, Sam Brassfield moonlighted with a catering company. He found he enjoyed cooking. “I like to cook, and marketing is something I...
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SBA Grant Gets This Movie Theatre Business Through COVID-19 Pandemic
Apex Entertainment, LLC operates two multiplex movie theatres: the landmark Village 8 Theatres, which offers first-run discounted movies and hosts special events; and Baxter Avenue Theatres, which has...
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Fanestil Meats Accelerates Growth, Promoting 'Made in Kansas'
It’s not often that you hear about a thriving manufacturer that continues to grow in its 80th year after suffering multiple flood disasters, but Fanestil Meats of Emporia has survived setbacks and is...
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Keeping the Pacific Northwest on the Job is Just the Beginning of a Stronger Tomorrow
After years of working in Human Resources and recruiting candidates for permanent placements at companies, Joanne Bell approached one of her previous employers with the idea to open an employment...
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Ellensburg Cidery Grows with Business Guidance
When Susie Jensen retired from being an art teacher, she knew she wasn’t quite ready for quiet retirement life. Through her travels she discovered a love for full-bodied dry hard cider and decided she...