Success Stories

Meet Taste Elevated  (tasteelevatedshop.com | @tasteelevated)

Taste Elevated, founded by Lori and Benny Krieger in 2013, is a specialty food manufacturer based in South Texas. Lori and Benny also own a specialty wine and gourmet food store. The team at Taste Elevated gained national recognition for their brand after winning multiple national specialty food awards, being recognized as a top ten editor’s pick and being featured in the Wall Street Journal.

In the first four years of business, the leadership team has achieved retail distribution to some of the largest retailers in their region, such as: HEB, Whole Foods, Spec’s and Albertson’s. The company also offers a food service line of products available to caterers, prepared food sections at grocery stores, and restaurants. There are currently 24 items in their product portfolio, and that is always expanding. (more…)

Meet S2S Surgical (s2ssurgical.com)

S2S Surgical is an orthopedic device company that designs, develops and sells innovative products for hand, wrist and elbow surgery. The mission of S2S Surgical is to improve patient outcomes and healthcare by developing minimally invasive surgical solutions for the upper extremity, by collaborating with upper extremity surgeons.

SBDC: Rhode Island SBDC
SBDC Advisor: Joshua Daly (more…)

Meet Play Impossible (playimpossible.com | @play_impossible)

The Play Impossible Gameball™ puts 21st-Century technology inside the world’s oldest toy – track the speed, spin, height and so much more of every throw, catch, toss and tap, right from your smart device. With 9 (and counting!) games you can play on your own or with friends, it’s a brand new way to play ball!

SBDC: Bucknell University SBDC (bucknell.edu/SBDC/)
SBDC Advisors: Dennis Hummer & Steven Stumbris (more…)

Meet MobCraft Beer (mobcraftbeer.com | @mobcraftbeer)

MobCraft turns ideas into beer. Submit your idea, vote on what’s next.

MobCraft Beer is a crowd-sourced brewery – each month they leverage the power of the crowd to generate ideas for unique craft beers. Beer fans across the U.S. submit ideas ranging from a couple of flavors to tried and true home-brew recipes. The ideas go up for a vote each month on our website. Votes are cast by placing a pre-order for the beer you would like to see brewed. The beer with the most pre-orders wins and is brewed, packaged, and shipped straight to your door through an online retailer or made available for pickup at the brewery. (more…)

Meet Tadpole LLC (tadpoletapecutter.com)
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Tadpole LLC is an evolutionary inspired company, bringing products to market that make everyday life simple and easy for the jobs we all do. Tadpole teams up with the Louisiana Association for the Blind to produce 100% Made In America products and help create jobs in the community! Tadpole is also proud to have set up a fund called 10% First, allowing its customers to choose the direction of the company’s giving back each year.

SBDC: LSBDC, Monroe LA. / Shreveport LA. (lsbdc.org)
SBDC Advisor: Virendra Chhikara (more…)