Success Stories

For more than 200 years, the 11th Street Bridge has connected Washington, D.C. with the historic neighborhood of Anacostia. There have been several redevelopment projects through the years, creating new spans for travel across the Anacostia River. Today, remnants of those earlier spans still stand as a reminder of the bridge’s long and storied history.

James Bradley is a second-generation commercial fisherman from South Carolina. He’s the owner of Bradley’s Commercial Fishing, a family-owned business on St. Helena Island. The company provides shrimp and other seafood items to local restaurants. Fishing has been a proud tradition for the Bradley family, which has been in the seafood business for more than 100 years.

Long hours and double shifts are a familiar routine for many entrepreneurs and Racine, Wisconsin-based aesthetician Tristah Romero-Kelly is no exception. In 2019, she opened her own business, Renew Medical Aesthetics , while continuing in her “day job” as a nurse practitioner at a clinic in Milwaukee.

With a population of just 25,000, Rexburg, Idaho, may not be the first place you imagine when you think innovation, but don’t let its size fool you.

A spice bottle cap that pre-measures your spices. A breastmilk pasteurizer for home use. Gluten-free, wheat stem straws. A battery...

Grant County, Washington, is not where you would expect to find a port.

Best known as the nation’s most prodigious potato-producing...

The commercial production of citrus fruit generates more than $7 billion annually for California’s economy, a contribution credited with supporting...

In 2015, one of the last remaining denim mills in the United States shuttered its doors permanently, leaving 300 workers...

The Sandia Science and Technology Park (SSTP) opened its doors in 1998, transforming open desert foothills in southern Albuquerque, New Mexico, into...

Michelle Pearson’s idea for an invention came to her in a dream, but the reality of bringing her product to market proved to be a bit more challenging.