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May
Because after a three day weekend...
May 31, 2016 By LAUNCH News
...we could all use a little motivation.
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May
Through the eyes of a facilitator
May 11, 2016 By LAUNCH News
LAUNCH entrepreneurs that go through our program wouldn’t get the strong start they receive without our facilitators. What role do facilitators play? They’re the ones who lead our Business Entrepreneurship Academy classes, taking the curriculum and walking through the material with 15 budding entrepreneurs at a time. Both of our current facilitators for the Spring 2016 semester…
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May
We escaped!
May 5, 2016 By LAUNCH News
Being trapped together is a great team building exercise! A couple of weeks ago we (the LAUNCH staff) took our lunch break to go do a little team building at Escape Experience Chattanooga. We’d never really done anything as a team outside of LAUNCH and thought this would be the perfect opportunity to do so. The week prior, we had to pick which scenario we wanted to experience. We decided…
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Apr
Walking with giants
April 26, 2016 By Marco Perez News
Walter came into our office to ask for some assistance. Having gone to a nearby business-counseling center to inquire about starting his business, he was handed a 20-page outline to develop a business plan and told to come back when he had filled it out. After seeking additional assistance who was just as overwhelmed by the thought of filling out a 20-page plan, he remembered LAUNCH. A year…
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Apr
5 Years of LAUNCH
April 4, 2016 By anonymous News
LET US TELL YOU ABOUT 5 YEARS OF LAUNCH... LAUNCH supports a very diverse group of entrepreneurs. These microbusiness owners receive training on how to validate their business idea and turn it into reality. While many are still in the planning stages, 53% of the 217 entrepreneurs trained have started businesses to date. These 114 businesses are mostly start-ups, however, 6 of…
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Apr
LAUNCH: Partnering for Impact
April 1, 2016 FSG Bank News
Jamaal Macon spent five years as a franchisee of a commercial cleaning company before making a risky decision. He knew the financials were skewed in favor of the franchisor, and he wanted to be more than an employee. He wanted, instead, to own and operate his own cleaning company. But even though he was skilled at his work, Jamaal knew there were parts of the business with which he was…
