Success stories
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Sheree Thomas Nails It!
Thomas is Pennsylvania’s Small Business Person of the Year Construction advocate and company president Sheree Thomas just hammered home how a one-woman shop can grow into a multi-faceted, award...
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SBA Helps Entrepreneur Brew Up Coffee Breaks
Spring Church resident and coffee drinker Lisa Feeney unexpectedly created something special for her small town. “I never intended to start my own business,” she explained. “I stumbled upon some...
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SBA’s 2025 New Hampshire Woman-Owned Business of the Year
Karen Jenovese ~ Swim NH, LLC ~ Concord Celebrates Over Two Decades of Excellence in Water Safety and Lifeguard Training Swim NH, LLC in Concord, owned and operated by Karen Jenovese, has been named...
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Lincoln Fencing, Inc. of Epping is SBA’s New Hampshire 2025 Micro-Enterprise Business of the Year
Fencing the Future in the Granite State Before founding Lincoln Fencing LLC in 2020, Bret Lincoln had over 30 years of experience as an executive in the restaurant industry. He managed more than 120...
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Changing the Smoothie Industry
The proverb “Necessity is the mother of invention” was true for Isaac Hamlin. As an athlete at the University of Kentucky in 2018, Isaac searched for an alternative to the heavy, calorie-laden options...
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Pies with a Purpose
Many entrepreneurs have a business idea and then launch a small business. But what if you have a passion for a cause and want to find a way to fund that passion? Dawn Urrutia had that dilemma. In 2016...
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CETECHS
Veterans often don’t talk much about their time in the military but when asked about what they learned in service that translates to civilian life, topics come up like discipline, the drive to learn...
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2025 SBA NH Manufacturer of the Year
Joshua D. Velasquez is the founder and CEO of Clean Simple Foods, Inc., a purpose-driven food company based in Peterborough, New Hampshire, known for its innovative, dairy-free products under the...