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Fort: Workshop & Furniture Reseller and Gallery - Los Angeles Success Story

Fort, a workshop/furniture reseller and gallery, is a journey as much as a destination when looking to acquire or trade furniture. Jacqueline Sharp, owner and founder of Fort has crafted an eco-friendly business model that gives a new life and...

Glenoaks Imaging Professionals - Glendale's "New and Improved" Medical Imaging Facility

Who says that getting a MRI scan can’t be relaxing, almost spa like? When walking into Glenoaks Imaging Professionals medical facility in Glendale, California one gets the feeling he or she will be treated well. The smell of...

Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet Center - 2012 Family-Owned Business of the Year & Success Story

Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet Center chain, founded, owned and operated by the Zaruka Family began in 1986. Located in Camarillo,,California, Wedgewood was founded when John and Linda Zaruka took out two SBA-backed loans from National Bank of...

Diversified Risk Management, Inc. - 2012 Women in Business Champion & Success Story

In a male-dominated field of mostly retired law enforcement professionals, Patricia A. Kotze-Ramos, owner and founder of Diversified Risk Management, Inc., is a champion for bringing more women into the private investigation field. Since 2002...

Elizabeth J. Figueroa & Company Textile and Design House - Los Angeles Success Story

In Los Angeles, the fashion capital of the West Coast, a small upstart textile and design house has ignited interest as a new trend setter. Elizabeth J. Figueroa & Company, owned and founded by the same Elizabeth J. Figueroa, launched in...

Stevenson Fitness Gets Lift from Local Small Business Development Center

When athletes—be it an NFL quarterback, or a working mother of two—want to bring positive change to a workout routine, they seek out a personal trainer. When an aspiring or existing business needs that same kind of inspiration and...

SBDCs Help Minority Businesses Obtain SBA Financing In Spanish

Los Angeles area entrepreneurs are finding a way to “open for business” with the help of small SBA loans, underwritten by a unique program spearheaded by Innovative Bank (IB). This plucky little financial institution recently acquired...

SBA 8(a) Program Helps Woman / Minority- Owned Firm Change Strategic Direction

Lillian Pernell started L.E. Pernell & Associates as a sole proprietorship. Her initial product line consisted of management consulting services in areas that Ms. Pernell had personally garnered specific experience while working in different...

SBA Provides The Building Blocks for 8(a) Construction Company’s Growth

How does a start-up construction company go from being a home-based business to arrive at a level where it operates from two offices, has a dozen contracts, supports 15 full-time construction managers at multiple sites on an aggregate of nearly $...

SBA Loans Put Wind in Popeye’s Sails

When Mr. Ed Rice was approached to comment on his business success, he humbly replied, “what success” and mused further, “It’s hard work and ever-present”, intimating that success in entrepreneurship comes from the...

Woman Works SBA 8(a) Program To Build Her Dream Construction Company

Ms. Arlene Dotzler founded North Coast Construction in 1997. As a woman-owned sole proprietorship in what is often thought to be a male-dominated industry, Ms. Dotzler soon found the going tough in all aspects of the business. It was particularly...

SBA Financing Fulfills Dreams For Family Owned Business

The remarkable saga of the Lara Family is the quintessential immigrant success story, one that has been played out in every community in every major city throughout America, where the smoggy air is unable to stifle the dreams that the less...

SBA Names James E. Whitney Financial Services Advocate of the Year

The U.S. Small Business Administration recently announced the Los Angeles District Office winners of their annual Small Business Week Awards competition. The Los Angeles SBA Office covers Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties. James E...

CHARO-SBA Women’s Business Center Fashions Success Plan To Assist Women Owned Public Relations Firm

There is a growing need for technical assistance to accommodate the dramatically increasing formation of business enterprises in the greater Los Angeles area. In its last fiscal year, the Los Angeles District Office (LADO) of the U.S. Small...

SBA Loan Makes Wienerschnitzel Franchisee Top Dog In Neighborhood

What will a single father of two teenagers do to appease their yen for Wienerschnitzel hotdogs? A resident of Pico Rivera for many years, Ron Beilke had to pack his family into the van and trek to any one of several surrounding communities to...

SBA Loans Help Whittier Business

Country Fresh Market, located in Historical Uptown Whittier, is a true success story. The specialty retailing food store is the brain child of Pete and Devon Jimenez and was started with proceeds from an SBA Pre-Qualification Loan, funded by Bank of...

SBA Business Matchmaking Conference Helps Women Owned Enterprise

Approximately, 1,000 small business men and women participated in SBA’s Business Matchmaking Conference at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California. The 3 day event, February 9th -11th, 2004th, was geared toward small businesses, either...

SBA Loan Organizes Cash Flow of Woman Owned Small Business

Dorothy Breininger is the quintessential organizer of corporate, university, home-based, and personal office and work station environments. She has written numerous articles and a book on goal planning and organization. In short, she makes her...

Small Business Owner Finds Success and Growth with 8(a) Program

Two friends Lew Parker and Mitch Caron sought a better way to do business by putting their employees first. In 1991, they founded PC Mechanical Inc. to do just that. Fast forward 19 years to 2010 and Parker, the president and CEO and Caron, the...