Ryan Wilson is having a good year. After having wrested back control of his members-only networking space in December, he said the Gathering Spot’s revenue has hit $20 million and keeps growing. The Atlanta-based company is now looking to open a fourth location, in Houston, by next year. But like many small-business owners in Georgia’s […]
I’ve written before about all the great tools in your toolbox to start and grow a business. Another important tool is access to a local college. In addition to a strong economy, a thriving tourist base, a major hospital, a supportive city government and a SCORE chapter, Petoskey also has North Central Michigan College. Founded […]
Flywheel isn’t just any coworking space. Co-founder Peter Marsh likens it to a YMCA for businesses – with a community of members and a thoughtfully designed workspace. Marsh uses the comparison to explain the individualized memberships available at Flywheel Coworking, the anchor tenant at Crescent Startup Community and Innovation District being created on Poinsett Highway […]
This month is National Small Business Month and there is no better time to uplift the voices of and honor the local businesses that make us proud to call the Garden State home. In May, we honor the tenacity, creativity and sheer hustle of entrepreneurs who dare to dream big while operating on a small […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The 13th annual Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week (BREW) has officially begun. BREW is an annual event hosted by local nonprofit, Nexus Louisiana. The event is being hosted from Tuesday, May 7 to Thursday, May 9 at Mid City Tower, 5700 Florida Blvd. in Baton Rouge. The event is bringing in […]
May 4—CHAMPAIGN — A local incubator for tech startups is receiving $50,000 to help jumpstart an initiative focused on connecting scientific minds with emerging entrepreneurial leaders. The University of Illinois Research Park’s EnterpriseWorks incubator has been named a Stage One winner in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2024 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC). “At the […]
Apr. 28—Small Business Week in St. Joseph is giving local business owners a chance to enhance their business skills and see an uptick in customers. St. Joseph joins the rest of the nation in celebrating Small Business Week from April 29 through May 5. During this week, the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce is providing […]
Apr. 18—CHEYENNE — gener8tor, a venture capital and accelerator firm, has been helping business owners in Wyoming get their start since 2020 through free programs. This year, they introduced a new program, gALPHA, which concluded earlier this month. gALPHA is a four-week business creation workshop for those who have an idea for a business and […]
Dr. Olutoyin Oyelade When Dr. Olutoyin Oyelade founded CASA Foundation, she never imagined that it would grow as much as it has. CASA Foundation started as a non-profit that focused on spearheading social change in developing local communities. Since then, it has grown into a 21-person staff, with many volunteers, that serves three provinces through […]
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City Mayor Eric Adams is defending the city’s new artificial intelligence chatbot that has been caught in recent days giving business owners wrong answers or advice that, if followed, would entail breaking the law. When launched as a pilot in October, the MyCity chatbot was touted […]
Mar. 21—Dayton entrepreneur Luis Estevez said the partnership between the Entrepreneurs’ Center and the University of Dayton plays a critical role in his company’s effort to perfect water treatment technology to remove toxic PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” and industrial dyes from water. “It’s so much in part due to the Entrepreneurs’ Center and their […]
Two young entrepreneurs are to address US lawmakers on Capitol Hill about economic opportunities in Northern Ireland. As part of a delegation led by Queen’s University Belfast, Emma Stephenson and Khaula Bhutta will join Joe Kennedy III, the US special envoy to Northern Ireland for economic affairs, on stage at Congress to discuss the opportunities […]