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Success Story: Flex Air

Flex Air is a flight school based in San Diego and Kansas. Paul Wynns is the co-founder and CEO. He shares, “We’ve been helped a lot by our friends at the San Diego (Small) Business Development Center. They’ve been a lifesaver for us as we’ve worked through all the problems that have come across every business in the pandemic, so that we can continue training our students in helping them become airline pilots.” Paul describes how in an industry where the representation by minorities is less than 5% as airlines pilots, “every young student pilot airline that we help into an airline pilot career has just been a great success for us.”

“The one thing I would’ve changed is I would’ve come to the SBDC and the counselors there even earlier, as we were striving in building our business even before the problems hit, because of their such great advice, experience, and connections. It’s helpful to any business owner, so thanks a lot everyone there and good luck to all of you small business owners as we’re growing and getting out of the worst of the COVID pandemic, and looking to the future.”

From leveraging being minority-owned to navigating paperwork, Paul concludes that without the SBDC they wouldn’t have been able to get on the footing they are. First to be in business and now to grow. “So thanks again to the team,” he says; “it’s been super invaluable for us as a small business. Learn more about them at goflexair.com!