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Young entrepreneurs scoop up ice-cream store with SBA help.

Publication: San Diego Business Journal
Publication Date: 25-APR-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Young entrepreneurs scoop up ice-cream store with SBA help.(LOW-COST LOAN)(Prospera Enterprises Inc.)

Article Excerpt
They both like making money. And they both have a sweet tooth for good ice cream. So the Atlanta friends, both still in their 20's, have parlayed those appetites into becoming two of the youngest franchisees of Bruster's Real Ice Cream.

With financing through the Small Business Administration's 7(a) loan guaranty program, Sombriah Wright and Roshanna Washington launched Prospera Enterprises Inc. two years ago.

They were both working in the corporate world at the time. They had met through mutual friends and often talked about money matters--mortgages, banking concerns, credit-card rates. And careers.

"We've always had an interest in making money and going into business," says Wright.

They became aware of Pennsylvania-based Bruster's as customers, but eventually they became interested in the...

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