A cookie baker since childhood, Lauren Young has partnered her love of creating sweet treats with a passion for helping the youth of Memphis thrive, in her local start-up business Sweet LaLa's.
Using a rehabbed space on the Highland Strip, Frugal Home Finds is the brick-and-mortar answer to online flash sale sites. Relying on rare finds, their own craft skills and personal relationships with customers, this enterprising new business is redefining retail.
Offering tools for growth and a supportive environment for entrepreneurs, Memphis' business incubators are now churning out more successful startups—and producing long-term economic benefits for the community.
The Memphis Heritage Trail project is boosting economies while shining a light on local African-American history, and the Redevelopment Area will now be the grounds for the next incarnation of MEMShop. The six-month, retail pop-up program is designed to stimulate economic development and tourism in the vital historical district.
Local artisans, from seamstresses and carpenters to potters and printmakers, are proving that they can make a living doing what they love. Here's a look at 10 of Memphis' top crafty small businesses, helmed by entrepreneurs who are turning the fruits of their creativity into fruitful businesses.
Memphis has been noted for its above-average charity; we are a city willing to give. That generosity is bleeding over into local start-ups, where entrepreneurs increasingly want to make money and do good at the same time.
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