Northern Truck & Equipment
“The WVSBD and SBDC put me on the right track to getting a Small Business Administration loan to start my business. The division showed me the items needed to apply, helped me get my business plan down on paper and assisted me with my presentation to the bank. The WVSBD’s help was very important. I got the loan and opened my business.”
Keith Carpenter
Owner
Northern Truck & Equipment
Beech Bottom, West Virginia
Plethora Technology
“I appreciate the resources that state government has offered Plethora Technology since we came to West Virginia in 2005. The WVSBD and SBDC have been extremely helpful with an ongoing project that enables state government employees to use Plethora’s In-A-Flash technology to securely access their information while on the road or while working from home. Consequently, we will be working to expand our client base throughout the state’s small-business community. The West Virginia Jobs Investment Trust and Mountaineer Capital also are supporters. We are proud to be a West Virginia company.”
Annette Kerlin
Chief Executive Officer
Plethora Technology
Kearneysville, West Virginia
Simply Sparse Technologies
“Since I started Simply Sparse Technologies in 2003, I have won several research contracts from the Office of Naval Research and the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. The WVSBD and SBDC have helped me find new market opportunities outside government contracting for the specialized technology I sell: radar scattering (stealth technology), antenna design, sound scattering (sonar-stealthy submarine technology), high speed electronic circuit design and more. The division’s assistance with developing a technology-related business plan, understanding market opportunities and accessing survey data on market size and location was crucial to my company’s growth.”
Dr. Francis X. Canning
Owner
Simply Sparse Technologies
Morgantown, West Virginia
Charleston Bread
“I was introduced to the WVSBD and SBDC at a Business Startup Workshop. After attending the class, I asked the instructor for additional help in preparing a business plan, including financial information, which I used in securing funding to open Charleston Bread. We still meet regularly. The SBDC is a great resource for anyone thinking of starting a business. It is a comfortable place to go for help.”
Libby Chatfield
Owner
Charleston Bread
Charleston, West Virginia
Schonstedt Instrument Company
“The WVSBD and SBDC have been invaluable in providing guidance on a whole range of issues relating to the direction of our business, and for enabling access to the resources needed to continue our growth. The SBDC team has been there, willing and able to help, whenever we’ve needed them.”
Bob Ebberson
Director of Business Development
Schonstedt Instrument Company
Kearneysville, West Virginia
Custard Stand Food Products
“The WVSBD and SBDC helped us develop the financial statements needed to secure a working capital loan from the Natural Capital Investment Fund. The Governor’s Guaranteed Work Force Program assisted with a training grant that enabled us to customize our QuickBooks accounting program. It was wonderful — most small businesses wouldn’t be able to spend $5,000 for accounting training. Now we know our financial information is solid.”
Angie Cowger and Dee Cowger
Owners
Custard Stand Food Products
Webster Springs, West Virginia
Mountaineer Packaging
“The WVSBD and SBDC were a fresh pair of eyes for Mountaineer Packaging. They made us realize the value of marketing, helping us think about actions we knew we needed to take but never took the time to work on.”
Josh Pearson, President, and
Brian Canterbury, Vice President
Mountaineer Packaging
Dunbar, West Virginia