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Nurturing fledgling businesses: LAUNCH program aids startups
March 1, 2014 Times Free Press News
Jacobo Salazar Jr.'s birthday gift just keeps on giving. The recent Chattanooga transplant was given tuition for a 10-week course offered by Chattanooga nonprofit LAUNCH last fall to learn how to start a business, and he's still reaping the benefits four months later. "Kickstand Bicycles has made over $300," he said. "And every now and then I'll take a little pinch out of that, we'll go out to…
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Feb
Remembering Versailles: A Fashion Revolution
February 25, 2014 Chattanoogan.com News
On November 28, 1973, during a time when African-American models did not walk the runway, a single fashion show held in a French castle called Versailles put a new kind of modeling on the runway. Five French fashion designers and five American fashion designers participated in the fashion show that became known as the “Battle of Versailles.” This event was documented by filmmaker…
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Feb
Local entrepreneur honors anniversary of legendary black fashion show
February 18, 2014 Nooga.com News
A recent LAUNCH graduate and entrepreneur is using her business to commemorate the 40th anniversary of a fashion show that challenged racial barriers, while also raising awareness for local charities. Esince Management Services, a project management business, began with executive director Sandra Affare in August 2011. After taking the LAUNCH course in 2013, she said she realized she needed to…
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Jan
LC2: CONNECT Hits the Ground Running
January 23, 2014 Chattanooga Chamber News
What happens when Chattanooga’s leading program for developing emerging leaders teams up with a non-profit that works to empower entrepreneurs in underserved communities? LC2: CONNECT, which began as a one-time collaboration between Leadership Chattanooga and LAUNCH Chattanooga and has now blossomed into an annual event. The name LC2: CONNECT, which is a play on the organizations’ shared…
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Jan
High school entrepreneurs launch into business
January 20, 2014 Nooga.com News
Last year, Tyner Academy students Colby McCurty and Deosha King won LAUNCH’s High School Entrepreneurship Competition; this year, their product is serving their fellow high school students while the duo is looking toward their next business move. Their first product, called Get Box, is a vending machine that dispenses school supplies. Tyner Academy students Colby McCurty and Deosha King…
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Jan
New Chattanooga IT Company Supports Nonprofits
January 10, 2014 WUTC.org News
Covenant College alumnus David White recently launched Develop CENTS, an IT company that's worked with several Chattanooga nonprofits. In this interview with WUTC's Michael Edward Miller, White talks about nonprofit organizations' computer security needs, as well as his own background in community development. Hear the full story over at WUTC.org.
