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Bioteck Company Grows Faster with the Help of SBA Programs

Hevré Le Calvez, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, of Abbiotec, LLC, a biotech company developing life science tools for the research market, started his business in 2007. He was well prepared with a Ph.D. in Cellular Biology and Microbiology (...

SBA 2012 California Small Business Person of the Year

SBA Loan Keeps Couples Together

Dr. Steven Solomon grew up with the expectation that he would follow in his father’s footsteps and become a lawyer, however somewhere along the way his ambitions were transformed. He decided that he was more interested in helping people create...

Small Business Owner Receives SBA Loan to Purchase New Equipment

Gutter Werks, Inc., a family-owned business, was started in 1998 by Brad Howe and his son Joshua. No stranger to the industry, Brad actually started working in the rain gutter business in 1976. The experience provided him with a sound foundation...

Small Business Owner Seeks Advice from SBDC, Achieves Growth

In 1997, Matt Meis, now a 30-year veteran in the jewelry industry, was laid off from his job with a local diamond importer. He decided it was time to start his own business, Matt Meis Goldsmith. For years, while working various jobs in the jewelry...

Small Business Owner Consults with SBDC, Receives SBA Loans for Expansion

The Dinner Studio was born out of the realization that almost nobody has time to cook on a regular basis anymore. More and more people are turning to convenience meals loaded with fat, salt, sugar, and preservatives or “fast food”....

Small Business Owner Receives SBA Loans for Start-up, Growth, Receives Recognition

David Linde and Abbie Kaplan started Salon Radius with little knowledge of how to run a business and what it takes financially to weather the first 5 years. They poured everything they had into their company, financially, mentally, and physically...

Small Business Owner Achieves High Growth After SCORE Guidance, SBA Loan

In 2001, Lisa Druxman created Stroller Strides, an exercise program that she could do with her son, and at the same time, help provide a source of income without returning to work full time. Lisa taught this stroller workout program, combining...

Small Business Owner Achieves Continued Success

Martin Keith and Jennifer Shaffer started their business, Deployment Solutions, LLC, in August of 2002, out of necessity after the company they worked for unexpectedly went out of business. With clients in the middle of national technical...

Young Business Owner Receives SBA Loan for Growth

Jeffrey Jordan started his business, Rescue Social Change Group (RSCG), at age 17, with the help of two friends. RSCG is an innovative social marketing company that helps organizations nationwide inspire change from within. Using progressive...

Small Business Owner Receives SBA Loan to Open Cash Flow, Plan for Growth

After seeking advice from friends who were already in the transportation business, Edward Stanton started his airport shuttle firm - A North County Coastal Sedan - in April 2002. Prior to starting his business, Stanton was a taxi driver for five...

Small Business Owner Achieves High Growth After Assistance from SCORE

Before import businesswoman Yi Ping Mohyi connected with SCORE: Counselors to America’s Small Business, her giftware and decorative accessories business specializing in silk butterflies, bees, dragonflies and flowers was marginally...

Small Business Owner Receives Advice, Guidance for Start-up from SBDC, SCORE

In 2003, paintball enthusiasts Judy Wessels and Kenny Docken opened their paintball store Rocken Paintball. The store carries a large supply of paintball markers and accessories for all the popular markers. Additionally, Judy and Kenny strive to...

Small Business Owner Receives Guidance from SBDITC, Applies for Patent

Graham Solutions and the CargoCatch™ started, literally, from the ground-up, when William Graham found himself punching holes in garden netting in the parking lot of his apartment complex in San Diego. He was attempting to build a cargo...

Small Business Owner Receives Training, Assistance from WBC

In the fall of 2003, during her second year of law school, Moira S. Brennan, Esq. decided to take advantage of her paralegal experience and start her business, Abacus Legal Documents Services. She had worked with a family law firm and had...

Small Business Owner Benefits from 8(a) Program

Jose and Lynne Pereira established Pereira Plumbing in 1990 but have actually been in business since the late-1970s. They started out in the pool service business, moved into plumbing, then began installing fire sprinkler systems, and now have...

Small Business Owner Receives Guidance from SBDITC

Dorance Aldridge is not just a business owner, he’s also a cook—Southern Creole and Cajun style. He developed his Creole sauces while operating his restaurant in the South Bay. In 2004, he approached the Small Business Development...

Small Business Owner Receives Guidance from SCORE, Starts Business

Carlsbad resident Joan Colvin was no different than a lot of inventors and entrepreneur types. She had what she thought was a winning product idea but wasn’t sure what to do with it or how to get started licensing, manufacturing, marketing,...