Category: Success Story

  • March 25, 2014
    Thanks to support from West Company, encore entrepreneur Connie Fledderjohann was brave enough to change her business model and launch…
  • March 19, 2014
    Melissa Elia started working with Women's Initiative in 1999, and today her microbusiness, Mayssa Fragrance, sells its products across the…
  • March 5, 2014
    Thanks to training from an SBA SCORE chapter and a timely loan from Fresno CDFI, veterans Christy and Al Kroell…
  • January 14, 2014
    Gregory King had an MBA and years of experience in the corporate world, but the help he received from Pacific…
  • MIGHTYminnow Web Studio & School

    December 11, 2013
    Kristin Long went from being a solo freelancer to developing a strong consulting business by forming strategic relationships with other…
  • October 29, 2013
    Leslie Labowitz-Starus used funds and training she received from VEDC to sustain her organic and natural food small business through…
  • October 23, 2013
    Thanks to help from Pacific Coast Regional, Beny Benjamini was able to obtain a $200,000 business loan for his small…
  • October 9, 2013
    Karen Bartlett participated in Veterans Business Outreach workshops and trainings to develop Veterans Home Team, her award-winning Sacramento-area business.
  • October 2, 2013
    Suely Ngouy's Central Valley business was able to secure the licenses and permits they needed to operate as a social…
  • September 24, 2013
    John and Maria Harrison's San Diego-based small business was able to double its revenues and hire two new employees thanks…