By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC YAKIMA, Wash. – Peek inside Auto Art and Collision Repair at closing time and it looks like the answer to a math problem: how many average-size automobiles can you fit into a 5,000-square-foot body shop?
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC LONGVIEW, Wash. – When people walk out of a doctor’s office or health clinic they might feel a range of emotions, from relieved to worried, but rarely do they feel wonderful. Wonderful is the emotion that Barbara Sudar and partner Kim Schlais wanted to capture when they purchased Estetica […]
By Brenda Alling, WSU Vancouver VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University Vancouver has received the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ Regional and Economic Development Award for the success of its Business Growth Mentor & Analysis Program in the Carson College of Business.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC DES MOINES, Wash. – Starting your own business is stressful enough, but doing so just months after your wife is diagnosed with breast cancer takes stress to a whole new level.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC WALLA WALLA, Wash. – When Brendon Mendoza was putting together a loan application to finance Wingman Birdz and Brewz on Main Street in Walla Walla, the financial projections were solid.
By Nevonne McDaniels, Wenatchee Business Journal WENATCHEE, Wash. – After two years of work and free business counsel, Bob’s Smokin’ Hardwood is gearing up to sell lengths of fruit wood – cherry, pear and apple – for use in meat and fish smokers.
From the Yakima Herald-Republic YAKIMA, Wash. – An Ellensburg woman was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Washington State Main Street Program for her persistence in opening a clothing store in a renovated building downtown.
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 VANCOUVER, Wash. – Buy an existing business or build one from the ground up? When Lisa Bagley decided she wanted to operate a bridal store in southwest Washington, that was her dilemma.
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.