Emily Stokes was the winner of the business plan competition and $2,000 TROY scholarship.
Six high school students spent a week at the IDEA Bank’s first Entrepreneurship Summer Camp to learn the basics of business planning. The event culminated in a business plan competition with the winner receiving a $2,000 Harrel McKinney Entrepreneur Endowed Scholarship to Troy University.
From July 11-15, students learned the principles of business planning, financial…
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…
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…
Shaun Spivey says his brand Small Town Life has a focal point of something he's seen every day of his life: a water tower.
Shaun Spivey stopped his Pathfinder in the road in front of Red’s Little School House Restaurant in the Pine Level community.
“You see that,” he said, pointing to the old water tower behind the restaurant. “I’ve seen that my whole life – and that’s what I want my brand to convey. That’s the water tower…
