KSBDC Client Stories
KSBDC Helps Entrepreneur Build Bilingual Salon
After working for eight years as a full-time hairdresser in a local salon, Liliana Sandoval-Gonzalez knew it was time to use her creativity and talent to better serve her clients, improve her work-life balance, and return to college.
Read more (PDF) of Liliana's story.
Partners in Growth
Sara Croke had an idea for expanding her weather consulting company, but she needed some advice and assistance to make it happen. She turned to the Kansas Small Business Development Center.
Read more and watch Croke's story.
KSBDC Helps Businesses Perform
JCCC's Kansas Small Business Development Center helped a local small business, Music House, perform.
After teaching music for a combined 15 years, Aaron Sizemore and Katrinka Riggs realized that their students were interested in more than the traditional 30-minute music lesson.
Read more and watch the Music House story (.wmv).
KSBDC Makes Business Beautiful
Elizabeth Demas is the owner of a top-producing AVON retail store located in Overland Park. The business survived a slow start in 2004, when she had to change locations after seven months. Now she gets calls from coast to coast about how to do it right.
Read more and watch the AVON store story. (.wmv).




