Alabama SBDC clients receive national recognition, invitation to National Small Business Week Awards. BIRMINGHAM, AL– Today the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Alabama District Office is celebrating Alabama’s Small Business Persons of the Year and three additional honorees as it prepares…
Building an insurance agency from the ground up, with help from the SBDC. Duane Tolbert is the owner/operator of Tolbert Insurance Agency Inc. located in Oneonta. The State Farm Agency is an integral part of the business fabric of Blount…
Cutter's Pizzeria: Serving the community one slice at a time Cutter’s Pizzeria & Wings is a pizza parlor in the small northeast Alabama town of Alexandria. It is a family-owned restaurant with strong ties to the community and a dedication…
Entrepreneur Sherri Dunn worked with Ken Grissom at the Alabama SBDC at JSU to start and grow her bakery business in Centre, Alabama. The SBDC at JSU has been with me every step of my journey as a small businessperson.…
Tim Baird had a vision to use his family farm for more than agriculture. He started The Five B Kennels LLC to achieve this. Tim, his wife Traci and their three daughters make up “The Five B’s.” They breed and…
Gary Marbut’s family started The Rocket in Jacksonville, Alabama in 1958. The Rocket initially operated as a drive-in like Sonic today. This Mom-and-Pop barbecue-and-burger joint has a loyal following and old-timers fondly view the restaurant as something straight out of…
GO-KOT® designs, manufactures, and sells the highest quality camping cots made. The brand has been produced in Alabama since 1978 and distributed through an online store, Amazon, and several wholesale export distributors. Teresa Downing has served as President since July…
