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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 Smartybots!
We shine the spotlight next on SmartyBots Coding and Robotics. SmartyBots Coding and Robotics aims to teach foundational skills and concepts to students in K-8. The program uses developmentally appropriate educational materials that foster a "Deceptively-Fun...
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...
Equity in Entrepreneurship Mentor Spotlight: Meet Vanessa Ferguson, CIPT
We're shining our Equity in Entrepreneurship Mentor Spotlight on business law attorney, Vanessa Ferguson, whose work focuses on intellectual property and data protection. She is a Florida native and an alumna of the University of South Florida and the University...
Congratulations to our Fall ’21 Equity in Entrepreneurship Grads!
While we're a little late with this update, it is with great joy and hope for their future that we share our heartiest congratulations to our Fall 2021 graduates! It was a small group, but as diverse in scope and range as any of our previous classes. Not all were able...
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