Small Business Success Story: Valley Design & Manufacturing

No matter what business you’re in, it’s important to be passionate about it if you wish to be successful. Case in point: Brad Richard, co-partner in Valley Design & Manufacturing – a manufacturer of furniture and fixtures for the restaurant and hotel industries. As you’ll read in this Small Business Success Story edition, Brad has […]

Small Business Success Story: Creative Iron Arts

“Let us help you build your ideas” is a recurring theme on the Creative Iron Arts website. The San Francisco Bay company specializes in metal fabrication – turning the images in a customer’s mind into a handwrought, steel reality. For this Small Business Success Story episode, we talk with company co-owner Francisco Rangel about his […]

Small Business Success Story: Urban Harvest Brewing Company

In this installment of our Small Business Success Story series, we chat virtually with Steven Pribek, owner of the Urban Harvest Brewing Company in Milwaukee. Steven’s passion for his craft and business is evident here, as is his admiration for his staff – which he considers to be “short-term ambassadors to the city, sharing info […]

Small Business Success Story: Bremerton Vintage Flea

In our latest Small Business Success Story, we meet up with Steve and Connie Pejka, the owners of Bremerton Vintage Flea in Washington State. Although owning and operating a flea market wasn’t something they had initially planned for, they have utilized a mix of social media marketing and community involvement to turn the business into […]