A $58,000 grant will help spur food entrepreneurship in the Wiregrass.
A $58,000-plus grant from the USDA will help Troy University’s Small Business Development Center and the Sorrell College of Business provide bootcamps for food entrepreneurs and farm-to-retail entrepreneurs.
The SBDC Rural Outreach Food Venture Program will reach up to 20 participants each in two 12-week workshops. The SBDC at TROY covers a 10-county area that…
When David Butcher retired from the U.S. Army as a staff sergeant, he wanted to work on motorcycles but didn’t know the first thing about turning his hobby into a business.
“When you walk out of the military, everybody’s done everything for you for 20 years. You don’t know anything about starting a business,” he…
High school students looking to make their mark in the business world will want to attend the IDEA Bank’s Entrepreneurship Summer Camp and may earn $2,000 toward attending Troy University in the process.
The five-day camp will focus on developing business plans for each student’s area of interest and a one-day pitch competition to a diverse…
It’s hard enough starting or growing a small business, but when English is a second language, the task becomes more daunting.
The Small Business Development Center at Troy University is doing something about that problem in the Wiregrass region, however. The organization launched a new series of educational events presented in Spanish covering topics such…
