Memphis pushes to level the playing field for black entrepreneurs
"We can never be the kind of community that we want to be until we have the minority firms have a much larger piece of the pie."
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Memphis pop-up food vendors fry under the radar
Because pop-up restaurants, from-home restaurants, and food trucks are a fairly recent phenomenon, legislation and regulations haven’t quite been able to match the speed at which the trend evolves, making the business model a sort of Wild West for would-be restaurateurs. They just have to make sure they don’t get nicked by the Sheriff.
HuffPost, High Ground News & MLK50 to discuss economic inequality in Memphis
Why is it so hard for black and brown businesses to get their share of the green? Join the discussion here.
Tech startup Greenline Pet signs on with Crosstown Concourse
Greenline Pet software development company is the newest business to sign a lease to move into the newly redeveloped Crosstown Concourse, with plans to move into its 2,500-square-foot space on the fourth floor by the first quarter of next year.
Iranian immigrant Dr. Sadeghi has spent two decades making Memphians smile
A Memphis entrepreneur reflects on the years spent practicing dentistry in the Bluff City.
How to create jobs and help neighborhoods prosper? Support local entrepreneurs
Neighborhood entrepreneurs do not share the glamour nor glean even a fraction of the funding their better-known cousins in technology do. Yet leaders of organizations that support neighborhood entrepreneurs can attest to their ability to deliver an oversized impact to form the foundation for turning around troubled neighborhoods.
Dust to Dawn entrepreneur uses success, lessons to empower local women
Sarah Opara-Nadi made the leap to self-employment in 2011, founding Dust to Dawn, which provides professional services to residential and commercial clients in Fayette and Shelby Counties and North Mississippi.
Signet Sealed delivers colorful city prints with a personal touch
Sarah Baumann illustrates the special pieces of a city in 8x10 or 11x14 prints, including those places that locals call their favorite part of their city.
The Truffle Pig unearths treasures with new store in Germantown
Entrepreneurs Tara Gorman and Tricia Atkins opened The Truffle Pig in Germantown because they wanted to do their own thing after operating online and trekking regularly to Oxford, Miss., to antique stores to sell their wares.
LITE Memphis connects budding entrepreneurs to network through internships
LITE Memphis is using its system of local businesses to connect young people to the right network through a new internship program called City of Tomorrow. The nonprofit is placing students in intern positions that will help them garner skills, knowledge and social connections.
Memphis pop-up food vendors fry under the radar
Because pop-up restaurants, from-home restaurants, and food trucks are a fairly recent phenomenon, legislation and regulations haven’t quite been able to match the speed at which the trend evolves, making the business model a sort of Wild West for would-be restaurateurs. They just have to make sure they don’t get nicked by the Sheriff.
HuffPost, High Ground News & MLK50 to discuss economic inequality in Memphis
Why is it so hard for black and brown businesses to get their share of the green? Join the discussion here.
Tech startup Greenline Pet signs on with Crosstown Concourse
Greenline Pet software development company is the newest business to sign a lease to move into the newly redeveloped Crosstown Concourse, with plans to move into its 2,500-square-foot space on the fourth floor by the first quarter of next year.
Iranian immigrant Dr. Sadeghi has spent two decades making Memphians smile
A Memphis entrepreneur reflects on the years spent practicing dentistry in the Bluff City.
How to create jobs and help neighborhoods prosper? Support local entrepreneurs
Neighborhood entrepreneurs do not share the glamour nor glean even a fraction of the funding their better-known cousins in technology do. Yet leaders of organizations that support neighborhood entrepreneurs can attest to their ability to deliver an oversized impact to form the foundation for turning around troubled neighborhoods.
Dust to Dawn entrepreneur uses success, lessons to empower local women
Sarah Opara-Nadi made the leap to self-employment in 2011, founding Dust to Dawn, which provides professional services to residential and commercial clients in Fayette and Shelby Counties and North Mississippi.
Signet Sealed delivers colorful city prints with a personal touch
Sarah Baumann illustrates the special pieces of a city in 8x10 or 11x14 prints, including those places that locals call their favorite part of their city.
The Truffle Pig unearths treasures with new store in Germantown
Entrepreneurs Tara Gorman and Tricia Atkins opened The Truffle Pig in Germantown because they wanted to do their own thing after operating online and trekking regularly to Oxford, Miss., to antique stores to sell their wares.
LITE Memphis connects budding entrepreneurs to network through internships
LITE Memphis is using its system of local businesses to connect young people to the right network through a new internship program called City of Tomorrow. The nonprofit is placing students in intern positions that will help them garner skills, knowledge and social connections.
