By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC SEATTLE – Grant Jones, owner of KuKuRuZa Gourmet Popcorn in Seattle, has been named the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Washington State 2015 Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC OLYMPIA, Wash. – Ron Nielsen, a certified business advisor with the Washington Small Business Development Network (SBDC), was named the network’s Star Performer for 2014.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Jack Walsh was looking for a new business opportunity when his daughter came home from a trip raving about an ice cream shop she’d visited in Boise, Idaho.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC WASHINGTON – Andrew DePaula, founder and president of intelliPaper, a technology company in Edwall, Wash., that has developed a type of “smart paper,” met with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers on Monday (March 16) to talk about innovation, entrepreneurship and small business.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC SPOKANE, Wash. – IntelliPaper, a technology company in Eastern Washington, will be highlighted today (Monday, March 16) at the America’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) 35th anniversary celebration in Washington, D.C.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC SOAP LAKE, Wash. – If a movie is ever made of Mary Lou Langley’s life, her Washington Small Business Development Center (SBDC) business advisor just might have a crack at best supporting actor.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC TWISP, Wash. – When fire came to the Methow Valley in July 2014, the difference between essential and non-essential became startlingly clear. Very quickly, Dwain and Erika Hutson realized that it was essential to keep their NAPA Auto Parts store open.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC VANCOUVER, Wash. – Tony Curtis, owner of Current Home Technologies, is in the enviable position of having a business that grew during the recession. He started in 2008, and by 2009 he had two employees and a steady stream of new and returning customers.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC ELLENSBURG, Wash. – When Megan West needed funding to open a clothing store in Ellensburg, she knew it was a bad sign when loan officers asked about her age but not her bona fides.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC SPOKANE, Wash.—The Washington Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is launching a new Web site to better serve small business owners who want to start, grow or transition their business.