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Feb 12, 2013, 5:38 pm EST
Many businesses will face fund-raising challenges at various stages of their growth but the toughest hurdle is often right at the start, before the company…
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Dec 20, 2012, 2:06 pm EST
It took eight years, but Greg Hardman has finally completed his plan to bring back Cincinnati’s brewing legacy.
Hardman’s Christian Moerlein Brewing…
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Dec 20, 2012, 1:58 pm EST
When internationally known pastor and author Max Lucado needed a bold cover for his new book, his publisher once again called on San Antonio’s award-winning…
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Dec 20, 2012, 1:44 pm EST
The Small Business Administration’s venture capital program is growing even as conventional VCs are funding fewer deals.
SBA-licensed Small Business…
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Nov 29, 2012, 4:43 pm EST
Scott & Baldwin CPAs moved from a 7,000-square-foot office it leased in Roseville to buy an office the exact same size — which came with a mortgage less…
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Nov 29, 2012, 4:33 pm EST
If the emaciated roster of potential funding sources has got you down, take note. A rapidly expanding, but little-known sector of the financial world is…
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Nov 29, 2012, 4:21 pm EST
Derrick Crowe is certain that in this economy no lender would have taken a risk on his startup without backing from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
In…
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Oct 31, 2012, 4:09 pm EDT
As automotive transmissions have become more complicated, Transmission Remanufacturing Co. keeps shifting gears, making strategic moves that have expanded…
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Oct 31, 2012, 3:50 pm EDT
In a city where 6% of commuters travel by bike — the highest percentage of any major U.S. city — opening a bike shop on one of Portland, Ore.’s busiest…
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Oct 12, 2012, 4:41 pm EDT
In the more than 25 years in she’s been in business, Margaret Wong, CEO of McWong International Inc., has used Small Business Administration loans for…
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Oct 12, 2012, 3:57 pm EDT
Michael Halker had been making beer in his bathtub for five years. To figure out how to move his brewery from the bathroom to the bar, he needed help.
For…
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Oct 12, 2012, 3:35 pm EDT
Don't waste your time trying to pigeonhole A10 Clinical Solutions Inc. It simply won't happen.
Put broadly, A10, based in Cary, N.C., and Leah Brown,…
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Sep 5, 2012, 3:45 pm EDT
It’s difficult to catch Gina Euell when she’s not smiling. And therein lies a key to her success.
“She has a million-dollar personality,” said…
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Sep 5, 2012, 3:35 pm EDT
A small company doesn’t have to be a pushover when working with Fortune 100 clients. A case in point is Red Arrow Logistics Inc. If you can’t pay the…
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Sep 5, 2012, 3:17 pm EDT
Eric and Crisoire Reid didn’t start out with a plan to sell ultra-gourmet chocolates in exurban Maryland. They just wanted to turn a profit off their…
