Equity in Entrepreneurship
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Equinent Spotlight: Introducing Summer London
Caprice Etsy rose from homelessness to entrepreneur, building her business from the experience of her journey. In a competitive beauty market, Summer London stands out as a Black female-owned one-stop shop for all things glam — delivering luxury, style, and...
Equinent Spotlight: Duvall Leadership Academy Launches, Transforming Student Development Through Marching Band Principles
Our next Spring 2025 grad, Bentley Duvall, took the transformative character building experiences he valued as a youth in band to a new level as he now serves as a band instructor to youth in turn. A groundbreaking leadership development program has officially...
Equinent Spotlight: Meet Certified Single™ – Empowering Christian Singles to Heal, Grow, and Thrive with Faith-Focused Programs and Resources
We're delighted to introduce our 2025 Spring Cohort grads. First up, Certified Single™, launched by Sarita Sakie. Certified Single™, a transformative faith-based brand for Christian singles, is leading a bold new movement to help individuals heal from...
Equinent Spotlight: Meet Daka International
Our next featured business from our Spring Cohort is Daka International founded by Sergio Velazquez! Daka is a resource aggregate and referral service for veterans. Created for all who were a part of the armed uniformed services, Daka is still in its infancy as it was...
Equinent Spotlight: Meet Gerardo Sanchez of GTechSynergy
Next up in our Spring '23 Equity in Entrepreneurship Spotlight: Meet Gerardo Sanchez and see how he's putting his passion for tech to entrepreneurial good use. From breaking my first set of computers on Windows 2000 to motivating myself to fix them as I got older, I...
Equinent Spotlight: Meet Alan Fitt
It's time to start meeting our 2023 Spring cohort members! First up, meet Alan Fitt, working on a great reuse fashion project. Hi my name is Alan Fitt, I am originally from Trinidad & Tobago but lived in San Diego and moved to Tampa almost two years ago. I am a...
Celebrating G + g Salon!
Recquel Mack-Randles is a graduate of our Fall '22 Equity in Entrepreneurship program and has been working diligently ever since to identify the right location for her business, G + g Salon. This month, her dream came true on May 11, when she opened G + g Salon at...
Equinent Spotlight: Meet Ora Tanner, of Black Unicorn Education
Our Winter LaunchPad cohort recently wrapped up but we'll continue to showcase recent Equinent grads, as we gear up for our next cohort in April. Up next in our Spotlight: Black Unicorn Education! Check out founder Ora Tanner's story below. Black Unicorn EducationTM...
LaunchPad Cohort Heads to 1 Million Cups Tampa!
Our Equity in Entrepreneurship LaunchPad cohort is wrapping up their session with their capstone 1 Million Cups Tampa presentations. Here’s the schedule so far: 1/4/23 Martika...
Equinent Spotlight: Meet Recquel Mack-Randles, of G+g Salon
Next up in our Equity in Entrepreneurship Entrepreneur Spotlight: Recquel Mack-Randles, excited to be working on making her dream of independent business ownership come true. Here's Recquel's story: Hello! My name is Recquel Mack-Randles. I am a 31-year-old MOMpreneur...
Equinent Spotlight: Meet Martika Jones, of BUP
We've got nine amazing new entrepreneurs in our 2022 Fall Equity in Entrepreneurship session, who we'll be featuring here through January. First up in our Equinent Spotlight: Martika Jones, founder of BŪP®. I am a 27-year-old entrepreneur who went from an orchestral...
Meet Monica Smith of Sober Roots!
This year, we have new ways to support our Equity in Entrepreneurship participants. In addition to our Big Idea Brew Club, which wrapped up its first summer session in July, we also have expanded marketing support via the AMRoC Showcase Kiosk, and small business...
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