UCEDC - Success Stories
UCEDC has helped hundreds of small business owners throughout New Jersey open their doors and grow into contributing members of their business communities. Learn more about some of our clients.
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Recession-preneurs? Who's Actually Starting a Business in this Economy, and Why?
A candy store is a magical place where parents and children can put aside generational differences and come together in a wonderland of truffles, candy canes and toffee – one living in the moment, the other......
Posted: 02/08/2010 -
Entrepreneurial Training Gets Dog Salon Up and Running
Most people concerned about losing their jobs get scared and panicky. But not Melissa Cullen. She saw the opportunity she’d been waiting for – the chance to open her own business. With the help of UCEDC’s......
Posted: 01/06/2010 -
Hounds on the Hudson
Three years after closing on her UCEDC loan, Kim Pamperin's business, Hounds on the Hudson, is now the top dog in the North Jersey doggie daycare industry.
According to Pamperin, "About four years ago, after......
Posted: 07/01/2008 -
Mega Million Milestone
For Arunkumar Patel, a loan from UCEDC earlier this year represented the key to expanding his business. For UCEDC, that same loan represented a historic milestone: issuing over $10 million in small business loans.......
Posted: 05/01/2008 -
Breadsmith Rising in Cranford
As a young woman, Kathy Vastola had spent hours in professional kitchens as both a sous and pastry chef; she had even been accepted to attend the prestigious Culinary Institute of America. But married life and......
Posted: 04/01/2008
