{"id":5627,"date":"2024-03-27T16:52:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=5627"},"modified":"2024-03-27T16:52:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:52:59","slug":"idea-bank-hosts-blooming-business-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/03\/27\/idea-bank-hosts-blooming-business-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"IDEA Bank hosts Blooming Business Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 Those looking for unique gifts or a way to support student entrepreneurs attended the Blooming Business Showcase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The showcase, which was hosted at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troy.edu\/community-outreach\/idea-bank\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IDEA Bank<\/a>, boasted one of a kind products and services\u2014all created by Troy University students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I really enjoy these markets cause I get to meet new people and it just a fun event,&#8221; said student entrepreneur Anna Mitchell. &#8220;There\u2019s lots of support and I&#8217;m able to get my name out there, and give people my business card even if they don\u2019t buy anything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For students like Mitchell who plan to graduate soon, markets like the showcase help her prepare her business for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/03\/26\/students-see-professors-art-during-faculty-art-exhibit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KEEP READING: Students see professors\u2019 art during faculty art exhibit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I want to do commission work after I graduate so I feel like this is a good launching point for that,&#8221; Mitchell explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The showcase also helps students connect to members of the community who are outside of the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Getting to connect with the community that\u2019s like one goal I have for my business,&#8221; said student entrepreneur Jessica Roberts. &#8220;Being somewhere where people feel comfortable, even if they just want to come in and chat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The market featured over 20 student entrepreneurs, a lemonade bar, Easter egg hunt and fresh flower arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Those looking for unique gifts or a way to support student entrepreneurs attended the Blooming Business Showcase. <\/p>\n<p>The showcase, which was hosted at the IDEA Bank, boasted one of a kind products and services\u2014all created by Troy University students.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really enjoy these markets cause I get to meet new&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/03\/27\/idea-bank-hosts-blooming-business-showcase\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":5630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127],"tags":[472],"topics":[1184,17],"class_list":["post-5627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-idea-bank","topics-idea-bank","topics-troy-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5627"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=5627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}