4 Days to the Congressional Showcase!

State: Florida
SBDC: SBDC at Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers
SBDC Advisor: Kevin Brady
SBDC Client: CPR Tools

CPR Tools Inc. was formed in 1995 and is all about data. CPR Tools performs advanced data recovery services on all types of storage media, including hard drives, phones, tablets, flash drives and more. It has recovered data from shredded media, fire damaged media, water damaged media, and USB drives that your son knocked off the table while you were working!

The company provides ‘End of Life’ data eradication services on storage media, because who better to get rid of your data than the folks that are the best at getting it back! All of its eradication services meet or exceed government standards, including HIPAA, NIST, DoD, FACTA, and others. (more…)

5 Days to the Congressional Showcase!

State: Colorado
SBDC: Boulder SBDC
SBDC Advisor: Sharon King
SBDC Client: Stratom

Stratom, Inc., founded in 2001, provides strategic solutions and advanced technologies to government, commercial and global clients. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Stratom has additional locations in several states and the DC/National Capital region. Stratom is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Non-Traditional Defense Contractor, focusing on providing strategic solutions, training support, research and development (R&D), engineering, and system integration services for unmanned systems. We have a 15-year history of delivering solutions directly to the Department of Defense (DoD) and to major defense contractors.

“Working with the SBDC has been an amazing experience. They have provided outstanding support to Stratom from our inception as a one person business to continued growth and advanced support as our company has matured and grown through the years. Thank you SBDC for all of your amazing support throughout the years!!” — Mark Gordon, President and CEO, Stratom, Inc.

Read more about Stratom here. Follow Stratom on Twitter @StratomInc.

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The America’s SBDC 2017 Client Showcase Reception will be at 5:30 pm on Monday, February 6, 2017, at the Rayburn House Office Building. Invite your Members of Congress now!

For more information about America’s SBDC or to find an SBDC near you, go to www.AmericasSBDC.org.

6 Days to the Congressional Showcase!

State: Washington
SBDC: Washington SBDC
SBDC Advisor: Sharon Sappington
SBDC Client: Torklift

Torklift was founded in 1976 and started as a small retail shop where automotive and RV-related services and products were sold. It soon became a hub of new product innovation that exploded into the expansion of a manufacturing arm that sells RV and automotive products world-wide, with a strong fan-base of “Torklift-only” customers. Torklift products and services include trailer hitches, suspension, truck camper tie downs and turnbuckles, step systems, custom fabrication, trailer repair and wiring. The company has also hosted a community-wide fund-raiser called the Kent Turkey Challenge that has raised more than $113,000 for the Kent Food Bank since its inception.

“Our Washington Small Business Development Center has helped us with quite a few projects that we would not have completed due to resources and time constraints. They provided us with quality research about expanding into other countries as well as markets. They also provided a pathway to gaining media exposure to our organization that led to additional opportunities.” — Candice Boutilier, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing, Torklift

Read more about Torklift here. Follow Torklift on Twitter @Torklift.

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The America’s SBDC 2017 Client Showcase Reception will be at 5:30 pm on Monday, February 6, 2017, at the Rayburn House Office Building. Invite your Members of Congress now!

For more information about America’s SBDC or to find an SBDC near you, go to www.AmericasSBDC.org.

7 Days to the Congressional Showcase!

State: Arkansas
SBDC: Arkansas SBTDC at Henderson State University
SBDC Advisor: Leah Hasley
SBDC Client: Superior Bathhouse Brewery

Superior Bathhouse Brewery is a craft microbrewery located in the historic 1916 Superior Bathhouse on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. The thermal waters that made the area famous are a key ingredient in Superior’s brewing process. Open since July 2013, It is the only brewery located inside a national park.

“ASBDTC played a critical role in getting my business off the ground. Resources like ASBDTC are essential to a first-time business owner who needs help navigating very complicated systems. I met ASBTDC’s Leah Hasley in 2012, when I was in the middle of a two-year planning phase to submit a proposal to the National Park Service to develop a brewery in a Historic Bathhouse in Hot Springs National Park. With her help, I put together a business plan, something I had never done before, and the Center guided me through submitting the plan to banks to request financing. My work with the Center qualified me to participate in the Federal Home Loan Bank grant program, which gave me an additional $25,000 in working capital. Over the past four years, the Center has connected me to university students who prepared marketing ideas for me and introduced me to additional financial institutions that have loaned me additional capital to expand my operations.” — Rose Schweikhart, Founder and Owner, Superior Bath House

Read more about Superior Bathhouse Brewery here.

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The America’s SBDC 2017 Client Showcase Reception will be at 5:30 pm on Monday, February 6, 2017, at the Rayburn House Office Building. Invite your Members of Congress now!

For more information about America’s SBDC or to find an SBDC near you, go to www.AmericasSBDC.org.

8 Days to the Congressional Showcase!

State: Wyoming
SBDC: Wyoming SBDC Network
SBDC Advisors: Lisa daCosta and Jill Kline
SBDC Client: Rex Specs

Rex Specs, LLC designs and manufactures protective eye wear for dogs. Rex Specs dog goggles are designed specifically for the needs of professional working canines but are suitable for all active pets as well. Our products provide protection from UV rays, dust, debris, vegetation and other environmental hazards. Whether your dog is your working K9 partner, riding the wild roads in your motorcycle sidecar, hiking a mountain, or on a hunting excursion – Rex Specs dog goggles are the best protection for your canine friend.

“The Wyoming SBDC has been a significant partner for our business through the startup phase. The Trade Show Incentive Grant helped us to attend many of the events that launched and continue to generate growth for our company; and the marketing and strategy consulting have been invaluable as we build our company for long term success.” — Aiden and Jesse Emilo, Founders, Rex Specs

Read more about Rex Specs here. Follow Rex Specs on Twitter @RexSpecsK9.

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The America’s SBDC 2017 Client Showcase Reception will be at 5:30 pm on Monday, February 6, 2017, at the Rayburn House Office Building. Invite your Members of Congress now!

For more information about America’s SBDC or to find an SBDC near you, go to www.AmericasSBDC.org.