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May / 2004 |
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Client Name: |
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Bubba
Klostermann |
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Company:
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Work
&
Rehab
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Type
of Business: |
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Physical
Therapy
&
Rehabilitation |
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SBDC
Assistance: |
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Business plan to acquire operating
loan |
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Results: |
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Start-up
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Employees
Hired |
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14
full-time
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Work & Rehab provides high quality physical
therapy & rehabilitation services to clients mostly referred by
physicians & hospitals in Abilene, Texas, and the surrounding area.
Bubba’s staff of experienced and highly qualified physical therapy &
rehabilitation expert’s services will be in great demand to answer the
growing rehab needs of the Big Country area.
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February /
2004 |
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Client Name: |
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Iraj Agahi |
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Company:
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Wing Stop |
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Type
of Business: |
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Fast food, primarily chicken wings |
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SBDC
Assistance: |
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Business Plan and consultation |
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Results: |
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Established new business |
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Employees
Hired |
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1 Full-time
(owner); 10 part-time initially |
Mr. Agahi overcame numerous obstacles during the 28 months from his
initial SBDC visit to the establishment of his business. Mr. Agahi
met with SBDC personnel personally and by telephone frequently as
obstacles were encountered and then overcome. SBDC first assisted
Mr. Agahi in revising the material he had assembled into a business
plan format suited to local financing sources, and prepared primary
and alternate versions of cash flow projections and pro-forma
statements for the business plan’s financial section. The business
plan was utilized in resolving financing issues which threatened to
derail the project. A franchise requirement in conflict with state
regulations unexpectedly surfaced at the last minute, but it was
resolved satisfactorily. The hours of operation and location of Mr.
Agahi’s business may appear unusual, but they were set and chosen
with the business’ target market specifically in mind. The hours
are 4pm to midnight; the location is next door to a Blockbuster.
The primary version of Mr. Agahi’s business plan projected sales of
$480,000 for the first year.
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October /
2003 |
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Client Name: |
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Les Oldham |
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Company:
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Tel-IS, Inc. |
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Type
of Business: |
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Information Systems & Telephony
Integration |
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SBDC
Assistance: |
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Business Plan |
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Results: |
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Expansion |
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Employees
Hired |
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4
full-time |
Les Oldham is the
President and owner of Tel-IS, Inc., a provider of integration
hardware, software, and service for the integration of information and
communication systems for over 18 years. The SBDC provided assistance
that included joint meetings with the client and SBA at the SBDC, in
addition to hosting meetings with the SBA and banking officials to
explain details of the specific SBA programs applicable to Tel-IS,
Inc. The funding received allows for continued expansion needed
to meet the growing demands for this new and important technology.
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January / 2003 |
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Client Name: |
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Liz
Phariss |
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Company:
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Kinder
Hearts
Home
Health |
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Type of
Business: |
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Home
Health
Care
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SBDC
Assistance: |
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Business
Plan |
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Results: |
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Business
Start-up
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Liz
Phariss, a Registered Nurse who has learned a great deal from working in
the home care business, and understands the needs of the clients and
their families, recently opened Kinder Hearts Home Health to
provide skilled nursing to medically fragile handicapped children under
the age of 21 years in the area designated as Region 2 and also Tom
Green and Concho counties.
Other services provided by KHHH are respite services.
Respite services are support options that are provided for the
purpose of relief for a primary caregiver
(running errands, working, or just some time away) in providing
care to individuals of all ages with disability.
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