Memphis Hustle

Ibtisam Salih sells Sudanese fare at the Caritas on Broad pop-up shop at the 10th annual Broad Avenue Art Walk. Lauren Turner

For 35 years, Alvin Hooper has made it his business to mend soles, one shoe at a time Read Article

Shoes and purses – leather and rubber – fill the space at Nu-Life Shoe Repair, a fading profession, where customers have 'all sorts of good stuff' done for their shoes.

Photo: Alvin Hooper, owner of Nu-Life Shoe Repair, started in the shoe business right after graduating high school. Houston Cofield

Jameelah Jordan, CEO and co-founder of Mozak standing in one of Start Co.'s work spaces in Downtown Memphis. Houston Cofield

Family opens side-by-side Binghampton businesses Read Article

Lucas Trautman runs nonprofit Stardust Jiu-Jitsu studio. Kristin Fox-Trautman is soon to open a cafe that pays employees a living wage. Together, they're brightening a high-traffic corner of Binghampton.

Inspire Community Cafe owner Kristin Fox-Trautman, left, poses for a photo with her team, from left, Tevin Whitley, Jacqueline Chandler, Charlena Branch, and Terrance Whitley, inside the restaurant which is currently under construction. (Brandon Dill

Photo: Inspire Community Cafe owner Kristin Fox-Trautman, left, poses for a photo with her team, from left, Tevin Whitley, Jacqueline Chandler, Charlena Branch, and Terrance Whitley, inside the restaurant which is currently under construction. (Brandon Dill

"Hustle mentality" led Johnson-Williams to open her contracting and woodworking firm Read Article

“I don’t have time to wait on anybody to tell me that I’m good enough. Women can do just as much if not more. Anything that’s out there, we can do it."

Photo: Trinette Johnson-Williams in her Midtown workshop. (Darius B. Williams)

$15 million loan fund focuses on growing minority and women-owned businesses in Memphis Read Article

In an effort to chip away lending disparities, Epicenter, a local nonprofit entrepreneurial engine, has partnered with Pathway Lending, a regional nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution, to launch the Memphis Small Business Opportunity Loan Fund.

Photo: Leslie Lynn Smith, Epicenter president and CEO.

Memphis Hustle

For 35 years, Alvin Hooper has made it his business to mend soles, one shoe at a time Read Article

Family opens side-by-side Binghampton businesses Read Article

"Hustle mentality" led Johnson-Williams to open her contracting and woodworking firm Read Article

$15 million loan fund focuses on growing minority and women-owned businesses in Memphis Read Article

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