Memphis Hustle

Feature Story Dr. Adriane Johnson-Williams founded her Memphis-based management consulting firm, Standpoint Consulting, in 2019 and went full time in January 2020. (Submitted) Entrepreneurship

Women Working It: Dr. Adriane Johnson-Williams helps leaders understand what Memphis needs

Brandi HunterThursday, March 18, 2021
Feature Story Rendering of the future home of Dawg Team Apparel USA, which opens soon at 420 North Cleveland Street in Crosstown. Dawg Team is a Black-owned business that specializes in pet apparel and treats for canine family members. (Submitted) Entrepreneurship

Black-owned pet accessories company to open in Crosstown

Deborah Gaddy-RobertsonWednesday, February 17, 2021
Feature Story Kaila Matthews, owner of the new WhatTheDoula, is a native Memphian and birth doula. (Submitted) Entrepreneurship

Women Working It: Doula Kaila Matthews helps expectant parents get what they want

Brandi HunterThursday, January 7, 2021
Feature Story Crab legs with Drop Sauce is a best-seller at Straight Drop Seafood in North Memphis. (Straight Drop Seafood) Entrepreneurship

New Straight Drop Seafood is the right thing to crave

Tamara CunninghamThursday, November 26, 2020
Feature Story Meghan Paige (left) and Keneisha Malone opened Terra Cotta October 3, 2020. The store is both a plant shop and space for customers to shop locally made goods, including jewelry, apparel, and candles. (Submitted) Entrepreneurship

Women Working It: The plants and passion of Terra Cotta

Brandi HunterThursday, November 19, 2020
Feature Story Lauren Wiliams-Batiste, owner of the Memphis-based Elle's Elixirs. (Lauren Wiliams-Batiste) Entrepreneurship

Women Working It: Lauren Williams-Batiste talks tea, CBD, and learning to market yourself

Brandi HunterThursday, October 8, 2020
Feature Story Imani Polk launched Masked by Imani, a line of fashionable face mask, just before her fourteenth birthday. Polk is a Memphis native and will be a freshman at Ridgeway High School in the fall. (Submitted) Entrepreneurship

14 year-old Memphis entrepreneur launches line of fashion masks for pandemic protection

Cole BradleyFriday, June 12, 2020
Feature Story OtherFoods Kitchen is located at 1249 Heistan Place and serves as a space for food-based startups to kickoff. (Ramona Springfield) Entrepreneurship

OtherFoods Kitchen helps startups cook up something great in Memphis

Ramona SpringfieldThursday, June 4, 2020
Feature Story Natasha Norie Standard is an Army veteran and owner of Norie Shoes. (Submitted) Entrepreneurship

Want to support veterans? Support their businesses. These three are proud to serve Memphis.

Jeff HulettFriday, April 10, 2020
Feature Story The Panorama Movement gym in Memphis' Fairgrounds area sits empty but its many of its services have continued online. (Submitted) Healthy Communities

How three local gyms are helping people stay fit from home

Cameron PollardThursday, April 9, 2020
Feature Story A child proudly displays an award at C & J Trophy and Engraving, located at 3444 Park Avenue in the Orange Mound-University District area. The business has been open since the 1970s. (C & J Trophy and Engraving) Entrepreneurship

Local, black-owned C & J Trophy and Engraving has served Memphis since the '70s

Cameron PollardWednesday, April 1, 2020
Feature Story Kickspins is a popup record store that also houses the Memphis Soul clothing line. It launched September 2019 in the Boxlot temporary concept shop and will close at the end of this year along with Boxlot. (Submitted) Entrepreneurship

Tonya Dyson's Kickspins is a piece of Soulsville in The Edge

Baris GursakalWednesday, March 11, 2020
Feature Story Dwayne Chaffen and Rick Askew co-own Grindhouse Coffee. They currently sell branded bags of locally-roasted coffee online but hope to open a brick-and-mortar coffee shop in Whitehaven. (Ziggy Mack) Entrepreneurship

Whitehaven wants a coffee shop. Local entrepreneurs are stepping up.

Jim ColemanWednesday, March 11, 2020
Feature Story podcast Arts and Culture

Podcast: Arrow Creative talks creative diversity and stepping up for arts education

Monday, March 9, 2020
Feature Story MEMShop helped launch new brick and mortar small businesses in South Memphis in 2014, including the Klassy Chics boutique and @ Home Computer Repair. (MEMShop) Entrepreneurship

MEMShop expanding to Frayser and Whitehaven in 2020

Jeff HulettWednesday, December 25, 2019
Feature Story podcast Entrepreneurship

Podcast: Chill out as tween CEO talks luxury lemonade empire

Sunday, December 22, 2019
Feature Story GoDaddy's Made in America docu-series premiered in Memphis on November 22. Its first episodes feature Memphis-area entrepreneurs. Stacy Cline stands at the far left. (Cole Bradley, High Ground News) Entrepreneurship

GoDaddy supports small business in Memphis, premiers docu-series

Cole BradleyWednesday, November 27, 2019
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