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April 20, 2018

Sausage firm wins top state SBA award

Danny House turned a one-person business into a national retailer through online sales.

BURIEN — Danny House, owner of a gift basket company called Dan the Sausageman, has been named the Small Business Administration's 2018 Washington State Small Business Person of the Year.

He turned a one-person business into a national retailer through online sales.

In 2017 online sales propelled House to a 6,000 percent increase in revenue and enabled him to employ nine people at peak demand.

House first started selling jerky and sausage door-to-door in the late 1980s after returning to Washington from Germany, where he had played semi-professional soccer.

His online success allowed him to purchase a building at 901-907 S.W. 152nd St. in Old Burien, which he plans to renovate and use as a distribution center and small retail shop.

House secured a $750,000 loan from SBA to buy the building with the help of the Washington Small Business Development Center.




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