October 2006
Success Stories
Michelle Juarez
Our "Introduction to Business Ownership" workshop got this client off to a good start, then Michelle consulted with the SBDC before opening her new Christian bookstore in Canyon on August 17th. Located just east of the square, the business was financed by owner equity and a new business loan.
Business
- Scarlet Cord
Owners
- Michelle Juarez
Location
- 1609 4th Avenue, Canyon
Phone
- 806-655-7602
Employs
1 FT
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Clients Win Awards
Foust Feeds is Top Small Business
Foust
Feeds was named the Jim Henson Top Small Business of the Year for
2006 by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce during a luncheon presentation on
September 26th. The Chamber's Business Council annually awards honors
to small businesses in Amarillo judged to be excellent examples of local
business ownership and operation. Businesses must be nominated for the
competition and are required to furnish information about their operations.
Finalists receive a site visit from the judges and those who are judged to
be exemplary are awarded the Top Small Business honor. One of those is
then chosen for the Jim Henson award, the highest honor of the award
program. Foust Feeds first became a client of the SBDC in 1989.
Top Small Businesses for 2006
Everyday Yellow Pages
Foust Feeds
Frank's Repair Plumbing
La Fiesta Grande Mexican Restaurant
Lovett Chiropractic Pain Relief Clinic
Minka's Garden Skin Care & Boutique
Tacos Garcia
Read the Amarillo Globe News story.
Innovation Grant Winners of $10,000
Market research, patents, and prototype development are among the expenses that will be paid for by grant funds awarded in the latest round of the FirstStep Innovation Challenge. Two entrepreneurs were awarded $10,000 each, and four more were awarded lesser amounts to pursue development, production, and marketing of inventions and innovative ideas.
The FirstStep Challenge is funded by Amarillo Economic Development Corporation and administered by the West Texas A&M University's Enterprise Network.
$10,000 Winners
Robert Poling
Charles Lester BollingerAdditional Winners
Johnie Robbins
Shirley Armbruster
Gerald Beer
David R. Norris
For more information visit www.grantsinamarillo.org.
Read the Amarillo Globe News story
SBDC Job Opening
Consulting Coordinator
The SBDC has created a new position in order to help us provide more and better services to our clients. This position will be responsible for coordinating all activities related to consulting, training, and research services for SBDC clients, as well as overseeing the federal reporting requirements of the U.S. Small Business Administration and those related to the State Comptroller’s SBDC funding formula.
For specific requirements, details, and applications, visit the online employment system at www.wtamu.edu.
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"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it."
- Lord Acton, English Historian (1834 - 1902)
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