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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
US Small Business Administration (SBA)
409 Third Street, SW
Washington, DC 20416
1-800-U-ASK-SBA (1-800-827-5722)
www.sba.gov
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal
government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free
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