Success stories
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2025 Chris O’Brien, President LaCreek Development Corporation
Chris O’Brien has been a volunteer Fire Chief for Martin SD for 17+ years. He was recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration as the Small Business person of the year for South Dakota in 2025...
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2025 South Dakota Small Business Manufacturer of the Year - Preform Solutions, Inc.
In 2001, Dennis Christopherson left his job in the packaging industry to become a business owner. Dennis had been selling plastic products but customers kept requesting customized PET preform products...
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2025 South Dakota Small Business Administration Veteran Owned Small Business of the Year award - Kelli Ewert
Kelli graduated from Texas Christian University in 1997 on an ARMY ROTC scholarship and served in the Army Nurse Corps from 1997-2005. Kelli has been a Registered Nurse for nearly 30 years. Kelli is...
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2025 Caleb Hubert, Calebs Aquatics and Heads to Tails; Aberdeen South Dakota Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Caleb’s Aquatics and Heads to Tails offer a variety of goods and services for pet owners including tanks, supplies, grooming, self-washing stations, fish, reptiles, and birds. Caleb's Aquatics is a...
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2024 South Dakota Small Business Government Contractor of the Year Dakota Plains Electrical Contracting, Inc.
After high school graduation, Darrell Brotsky went to work for a concrete contractor for a couple of years and then went to work for an electrical contractor for the next 6 years gaining the...
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Jodi Schwan, Sioux Falls.Business 2024 South Dakota District Office’s Champion of the Year
SiouxFalls.Business is a locally owned digital news organization serving the Sioux Falls, SD business community. Their mission is to inform, connect and engage the Sioux Falls business community...
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2024 South Dakota Young Entrepreneur of the Year HH Design
Hillarey Warner fulfilled her dream of becoming a full-time graphic designer in 2014. As a successful entrepreneur and woman in business, Warner has blazed her own path to become a staple business in...
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Pain and Movement Solutions 2024 South Dakota Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year
Pain and Movement Solutions provides high-quality physical therapy to several rural communities in Western South Dakota. Due to Julie’s efforts, people no longer have to drive (sometimes hours) to...