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,”…
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Ten students pitched business ideas on Wednesday morning after completing an eight-week course, and three students were able to earn seed money to kickstart their business. Vamsi Jupudi, Kameryn Mitchell and Jamarion Willie Hughes each won seed money.
The event, sponsored by the Regions Foundation, was held at the IDEA Bank and students pitched ideas…