Success stories
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SBA Resource Partner Helps Wood Artists Build Bigger Dreams
“Big dreamers” is how Anna and Nathanael Bailey describe themselves. The Baileys are wood artists and co-owners of Bailey Builds. Using SBA programs and services, the Entrepreneur Fund stepped in to...
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SBA Microlender Helps the Clay Coyote Reinvent Itself
Clay Coyote is a gallery and pottery studio located in the heartland of Minnesota. In addition to a gallery space that showcases artists from across the country, it is also home to a small business...
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Minority-Owned Roofing Company Adds Competitive Edge with SBA Programs
Advanced Design Contracting is a construction company known for installing roofing systems in commercial construction, historical renovation, and executive buildings. It is a union shop that self...
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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...