Success Stories

SBDC Makes Restaurateurs Do Prep Work for Second Location
Bella Cucina Restaurant, Valencia, CA
Oct, 2009

For five years, Jay and Roza Hamzeheinejad ran Bella Cucina, a Canyon Country Italian restaurant whose customers frequently wanted to hold large parties. Realizing they needed banquet space to accommodate those customers, they sought to buy an existing restaurant with 8,000 square feet which was four times the size of their first place.more... 

Food Manufacturers Obtain $208,000 Loan with SBDC Guidance
JamWest Foods, Santa Clarita, CA
Oct, 2009

Sarah and Sham Ramrattan love Jamaican food so much they created JamWest Caribbean Foods, Inc. to make and sell wholesale Jamaican patties and other Caribbean foods. They spent $150,000 equipping a 3,000-square-foot facility with a kitchen in Canyon Country and a dining and retail sales location in nearby Santa Clarita. more...

SBDC Helps Turn Imaginative Idea into Pet Products Company
Cat Livin, Valencia,CA
Apr, 2007

When Jeremy and Angela Moser got their first cat, the then-newlyweds hated the typical, shag-carpeting cat trees available. Befitting their backgrounds in retail and department store design, they made their own sleek, hip version to fit their sleek, hip loft. more....

From Squad Car to Childcare through SBDC Financial Assistance
Guidry Family ChildCare, Palmdale, CA
Nov, 2007

Veteran Los Angeles Police Training Officer Stuart Guidry had seen enough young people lose hope and become unreachable, so that when he thought about retirement from the force he dreamed of running a childcare center. more...