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Even auto mechanics need help recharging their batteries from time to time. For Aaron and Amanda…    Read More

At the heart of many great businesses are great partnerships. Some famous ones include Ben and…    Read More

One factor in the success of Carson City-based Critical Tattoo is certainly co-founder Sarah Brown’s continuous…    Read More

Growing up in a machine shop in Bishop, California, when Dean Davis needed something, he built…    Read More

“I took several classes from the NSBDC and became a client of the center. Working with my business advisor has been a blessing.”...    Read More

“First thing I did was made an appointment with Rod Jorgensen at the Nevada Small Business Development Center,” said Zrinyi. “He helped me discover what Reno was looking for in a business.”...    Read More

From the minute you walk into Bumble Bee Blooms, you realize that a highly talented and creative person is running the show. The owner, Katie Knapp, opened the flower shop this summer in downtown Reno on South Sierra Street....    Read More

Will Johnson and his mother, Nancy Johnson, started 2 Crazy Gardeners ten years ago. Nancy retired from her teaching job and Will was looking for a job while attending college.
“We started with a lawnmower in the back of our truck and a few lawn accounts and clean-ups,” Will said....    Read More

Beatrice “Bea” Hamilton is the owner of two businesses downtown: BeAbundant, an upscale home furnishings store, and J.B. Mapes & Co., a combination bistro and boutique. Both businesses are in homage to a Reno of the past, showcasing stylish atmospheres and unique items to create memorable shopping and dining experiences. ...    Read More

“I thought it would be rewarding to help people effectively prepare their homes for sale,” said Cheryl of her business. Home staging is the art of decorating and photographing rooms in ways that best show the space and appeal to the greatest number of potential buyers....    Read More

“The 890 Mill Building is an example of what you can do with a methodical approach to evaluating and acting on opportunities in energy efficiency,” said Millar.

“[Our retrofits created] an equivalent of 400 million watts of energy no longer being pulled out of the grid,” said Peter, “and 250 tons of carbon dioxide not pumped into the air every year.”...    Read More

Rich Hamilton started Clean Energy Center on Earth Day (April 22nd), 2008. As an avid climber and kayaker he’d always appreciated the environment. But he took a step past appreciation when he sold his rental property, cashed in his 401k, and started a business that would grow to become a go-to resource for individuals and organizations who want to get into renewable energy....    Read More

In 2005, Shawn O’Meara went into business for himself. He’d been in the electrical business for fifteen years, and he was ready to run his own business. As he puts it, “It was just myself and a truck and a handful of tools.”

In less than two years Shawn, and his company Aspen Electric LLC, had become the most experienced solar installers in Northern Nevada, having more installed kilowatts than even the big competitors in town. ...    Read More

When Matt Miller got out of the Navy, he knew he wanted to start a company and do something different. “I would have sold socks,” he laughed, “but luckily my partner [Jim Wallace – a longtime name in Reno construction] and I found a technology that is underemployed and has huge potential.”

The technology you ask? Using geothermal energy to drastically reduce the cost of cooling or heating one’s house. Miller and Wallace formed GBL Geothermal to provide geothermal solutions for both residential and commercial clients. ...    Read More

Making a Name in the Sandwich Business Customers have been enjoying the great taste of Port…    Read More

Shelby Molchan had originally planned on building Island Rainbow Wellness Center on, you guessed it, an island. The Big Island of Hawaii, in fact.  However life had other plans, and Shelby stayed in Carson City to bring a little bit of island living to Nevada....    Read More

Joe Cereghino has been a professional outdoorsman for over two decades and is having the time…    Read More

Maurice Afraimi, owner of Naan and Kabab, etc, came to Reno to do something he’d done a few times before – open a successful restaurant. This time, however, his cuisine would be something much closer to his heart and heritage: Mediterranean. ...    Read More

Steve Cordes, the owner of Steve’s Homemade Ice Cream, brings a piece of the Big Apple to Fernley. Originally from New York City, Steve grew up working weekends at a famous little Staten Island soda shop that dates back to 1933. There he learned how to make homemade ice cream and that he liked the ice cream business. After working for a time as a police officer, Steve went back to manage the soda shop for 12 years before deciding to go out on his own in the dry desert of Nevada....    Read More

What happens when classmates just don’t want school to end? Hawthorne NxLeveL instructor Clint Koble found out, the good way.

“This is a class that has refused to die,” said Clint, laughing.

Not only has the class declined death, it has decided to expand its role and give back to the Hawthorne local business community by using the skills learned in NxLeveL. ...    Read More

Brian Fitzgerald, the President of the Carson Valley Arts Council, is very excited about large steps…    Read More

Most business is about filling a demand. But some businesses go beyond that and become a resource to their local communities. When Amber Emery realized that recycling pick-up services were unavailable in the Carson Valley, she decided to create the service herself. Carson Valley Recycling, LLC started service in June, 2008, and is owned and operated by Amber and her husband Wes. ...    Read More

We all know there was a time before the widespread use of the infant car seat, but no one today would consider putting a child into a car without one. Just as the car seat has become a standard safety product in the vehicle of any parent, the Guardian Sleeper, designed by Carol Betz and Nicola Pieters, is set to become a staple for the baby’s room. It’s an ingeniously simple design: a special infant sheet that secures to the bed, and a harness underneath the sheet that holds the baby in place. ...    Read More

A Passion for Fashion. Have you ever desired a salon with all the style and service of Beverly Hills, but without the pretension? Suzanne Curry-Walker set out to create just that....    Read More