Gilberto Laines and Jocabet Cortes, with their daughters, began L&C Garden and Home Care, LLC as a result of seeing an opportunity.
For Gilberto Laines and Jocabet Cortes, entrepreneurship did not begin with a business plan, a loan or even the certainty that they would one day own a business. It began with work.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Laines was laid off from his factory job and began painting houses with a friend. While working on those…
Weekend Ventures challenges students and community members to build, test and pitch a business concept in three days.
Troy University students and members of the Wiregrass community will have an opportunity to experience the realities of entrepreneurship in one weekend as the Alabama Small Business Development Center at Troy University brings Weekend Ventures to downtown Troy Sept. 18-20.
Hosted at the Troy University IDEA Bank, Weekend Ventures is an intensive, three-day entrepreneurship experience…
TROY SBDC's Start Your Business program was highlighted by a national organization.
Troy University is gaining state and national recognition for a workforce development model that expands traditional ideas of work-based learning to include entrepreneurship.
In the same week, Troy University’s Small Business Development Center was invited to present its Start Your Business program at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s Just Economy Conference in Washington, D.C., and at the Alabama Summit on…
TROY's SBDC will bring the world of AI to rural businesses in an after-hours webinar.
Troy University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is leading a new regional initiative designed to help small businesses and community organizations in rural Alabama understand how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance their operations and expand their capabilities.
The effort begins with a free virtual workshop, “Work Smarter, Not Harder & Safer: AI Tools for Small Business,” scheduled…
