Success stories
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Small Town Restaurant Experiences Big Time Community Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Luis Salinas, co-owner of the Burrito House in Schuyler, Nebraska is quick to mention how important the community is to a small business’ success, especially during tough times like the COVID-19...
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Pharmaceutical Company Receives SBA PPP Loans & Research Grants
Situation: Estimates show that developing a single prescription drug that gains market approval cost $2.6 billion. The further a drug goes into this process, from R&D to clinical trials to...
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SBA Recovery Programs Assist Engineering Firm Through Pandemic
Situation Chella Subram immigrated from India to the U.S. in 1992 to attend engineering graduate school. After graduation, he took a consulting job in Louisville, KY. Later, he opened Cornerstone...
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Closing the digital divide: SBA helps firm upscale & serve
Always Giving Back (AGB) Investigative Services is the largest black-owned and award-winning security service firm in the nation located in 15 states with more than 1000 employees. Established in 2001...
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PPP, EIDL Programs Help Rural, Immigrant and Woman-Owned Small Business Save Jobs
Situation Asian carp is an invasive species brought to the United States in the 1970s to control weeds and parasites on aquatic farms in the Southeast. This type of fish has spread rapidly and...
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Beth Millner Jewelry
Beth Millner launched in Beth Millner Jewelry in 2007 as a home-based business from her kitchen table in Marquette, Mich. From its inception, Millner has run her jewelry business by looking forward...
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Veteran-owned Aeroforce Logistics Powered by Several SBA Programs
Heather Varney’s Marine Corps career took an unexpected turn from munitions to aviation supply when she sustained a hand injury. She later left the service as a disabled vet. She met Nick Weissenborn...
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A Filipino Woman-Owned Business Invites Conversation about Heritage Through Food with Help from SBA Financing
In 2013, Chera Amlag and her husband Geo Quibuyen started a passion project, monthly Filipino pop-up dinners, where they could share their Filipino culture through food. Drawing inspiration from her...