Julie Chin use to travel a long distance from her quiet San Francisco, California, neighborhood to a Home Depot for basic hardware supplies.  Chin, like many of her neighbors felt inconvenienced by the commute, and she knew a solution to this problem was opening a neighborhood hardware store.  After visiting several spaces and talking
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Jason Hillier is breathing a sigh of relief.  After starting his plumbing business five years ago during the economic downturn and experiencing a decline in business, Advance Plumbing Systems  is steadily growing and in the process of expansion.    In the past few months, Hillier launched the company’s first website and had the name painted on
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If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to get into shape, gym owners Felipe Von Sydow and Christen Mertes are more than happy to accommodate anyone attempting to achieve a personal fitness goal.  The tandem recently opened Arcane, a new gym in Missoula, Montana, offering clients one-on-one attention and unlimited personal training support. Von
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Charles and Tabitha Atwood love their dog and are very mindful of what it eats. After conducting independent research on ingredients found in dog treats, and speaking with veterinarians on the ill-effects said ingredients can have on dogs, this startling information compelled the couple to rethink what they were feeding their dog.  The Atwood’s began
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Georgetown, Delaware, is a small town with a business district comprised of several local government offices and small businesses. Yet the one thing it lacked was a barbershop, and Scott Kauffman saw the potential to fill a void in this space and did just that by opening Georgetown Barbershop.  The shop opened its doors in
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  Nancy Matijasich opened Manifest Solutions, a recruiting, staffing, and training firm back in 1994 with a goal of making a positive impact on Ohio’s IT industry by providing IT training programs for companies, and assisting with their employee search efforts.   Twenty years later, Matijasich expertise and helpful approach has led to a successful run.
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Phil Smith has always loved classic automobiles.  The former secret service agent was on a mission to figure out how to turn his passion into a successful venture.  After doing some research, he gravitated to limousine services and noticed the majority of companies were using hummers and stretch limos as its primary transportation.  Smith didn’t
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John Pritchard started North County Moving back in 2010 with a tenet of providing quality, professional services to his clients. Since taking this position, North County Moving has really taken off, so much that Pritchard was able to expand his business within the state of California.  What distinguishes North County Moving from other moving services
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James Good has always loved bikes dating back to his early experience working in a bicycle repair shop.  Once he earned his degree in business, his first inclination was to open a bicycle shop.  Good took his business acumen and bicycle savvy and applied it to his venture Good Bike Company (based in Prineville, Oregon). 
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Fresh out of college, Gabriel Mandujano had aspirations of owning a business.  The University of Pennsylvania graduate founded Wash Cycle Laundry, an eco-friendly wash and fold dry cleaning business serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, and Austin, Texas.  The company uses green products to clean the clothes, and uses bicycles for transportation to make customer pickups
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