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Success Story: Vial Trucking
Daniel Vial has his own company now, transporting products across all 48 states in the United States. He’s from Peru, where he was also an entrepreneur but fled his country for his family’s safety. Arriving here he studied auto-mechanics, specializing in big tractor-trailers. He connected with others in the industry who migrated from his county too, and he started working with a transportation business; not knowing his options, he was put under a contract that didn’t benefit him much. Vial started seeking assistance elsewhere and found the SBDC.
The SBDC assisted Daniel with overall business information, from how to open and expand as well as access capital — guiding the client to become a more independent business and grow as well as helping him gain funding from the Paycheck Protection Program, California Relief Grant, and San Diego grants.
Daniel says he’ll tell anyone hesitating to not be afraid of this type of service. “This is a personalized service that aligns with your business needs. It’s a professional service. It is completely private; they’re not going to utilize information provided to other entities (unless requested).
“SBDC advisors will assist you in creating tools that will help you with your business. SBDC advisors will
help you to increase your sales … You can be working anywhere, and you can schedule a meeting.”
Areas of Assistance
Assisted with re-launching business and pandemic relief
Economic Impact
$386,750 in capital funding
Location
La Mesa, CA 91941
“When I first started this company, I had so many doubts and so many needs — and I didn’t know who to go for help. The opportunity for business assistance presented (itself) when SBDC came along, and was even better when I realized I can meet business advisors using the Zoom platform. They started providing me business advising and how to utilize what I currently had to produce/improve higher outcomes (revenues).”
