31 Dec

Lingua Cocoa expands with two new chocolate products

December 31, 2014     Nooga.com     News

Young entrepreneur Derelle Roshell has recently added two new products to his chocolate business, which is called Lingua Cocoa. He also recently met his fundraising goals via Kickstarter. Roshell, who is studying business management at Chattanooga State Community College, has been building his business since he took a class with LAUNCH, a local organization that aims to empower…
24 Dec

Tyner students win big at Launch Entrepreneurship Competition

December 24, 2014     Weekly Community News     News

Could an idea as simple as a self-filtering mop bucket win your high school student $10,000? Tyner High Academy engineering students found that it could when they placed first in the fourth annual Launch High School Entrepreneurship Competition. For their first place win, Pure Life, a group made up of Tyner students Terry Sales, Terry Thomas, Lorenzo Foster and Malik Yearby, won $10,000 worth of…
19 Dec
LAUNCH provides a chance for people to see the dream of owning their own company come to life. On December 7, 2014 a group of High School Seniors from Tyner Academy presented their business concept for a self filtering mop bucket and will now get the chance to build their company.  Listen to the story at WUTC.org.
Four Tyner Academy students took home the top prize package valued at $10,000 after pitching their business idea at the annual LAUNCH High School Entrepreneurship Competition this weekend.  The first-place idea came from students Terry Sales, Lorenzo Foster, Tery Thomas and Malik Yearby, who created Pure Life, which is a mop bucket that filters dirty water so that the user can continually…
24 Nov
Chattanooga nonprofit organization LAUNCH is hosting the annual High School Entrepreneurship Competition Dec. 7. Founded in 2010, LAUNCH aims to empower community members through entrepreneurship, job training and mentorship. Students from Tyner Academy, Howard School, Brainerd High School and the Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy will be competing for the $10,000 grand prize this year. "This…
In 2011, Derelle Roshell was a local high school student who took one entrepreneurship class; now, he's studying business management at Chattanooga State Community College and working to build his business, Lingua Cocoa.  After taking the class through LAUNCH—which is local organization that aims to empower community members through entrepreneurship, job training and…