Five Troy-area small businesses are about to get a shot in the arm thanks to Jonas Shaw, the Regions Foundation and Troy University’s IDEA Bank.
Shaw, owner of 7S Media, won the Idea Empowerment Series and Competition – and its $10,000 prize – for his project “Empowering Small Businesses with Strategic Media for Sustainable Growth,”…
SBDC Director Juliana Bolivar addresses participants in the "New Start Up" entrepreneurship program.
A sense of celebration filled the air at the Pike County Jail as a group of women walked across a classroom space not usually known for applause. But on this day, they were recognized — not as inmates, but as aspiring business owners.
The event marked the culmination of “New Start Up,” a five-session entrepreneurship program led…
Jaydeep Patel, left, Vamsi Jupudi, and John Budala lead Cognera Health, seeking to improve the state's mental healthcare.
The student-founded, now alumni-led, Cognera Health, Inc. team has won the Alabama Launchpad competition, securing $100,000 in non-dilutive funding.
Founded by Master of Computer Science alumnus Vamsi Jupudi, Cognera’s CEO, and Jaydeep Patel, a Master of Clinical Mental Health alumnus, the team successfully completed the Launchpad competition in the Life Sciences track after winning the…
Lynne George, left, and the IDEA Bank will be recognized during the upcoming USASBE conference.
The Troy University IDEA Bank has been nationally recognized and named as a finalist for the USASBE Excellence in Co-Curricular Innovation Award, which recognizes the critical and impactful role of co-curricular programming in the overall entrepreneurship education ecosystem.
Presented by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), the award encourages and recognizes…
