Tatyerra Spurlock, Author at Programs

Tatyerra SpurlockAugust 2nd, 2017

Not all heroes wear capes and not all food entrepreneurs wear aprons.

Jersey City Entrepreneur, Djenaba Johnson-Jones wins 2nd Place in the Start Something Challenge Last night, Djenaba Johnson-Jones proved that you can turn your passion into profit after winning 2nd place at the Annual Start Something Challenge, a business pitch competition hosting by Rising Tide Capital, a New Jersey nonprofit. Djenaba, a graduate of The Community Business Academy, Rising Tide Capital’s signature program, won $7,500 for her business, Hudson Kitchen, a business incubator

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Tatyerra SpurlockAugust 2nd, 2017

Creating Access in the Arts

Jersey City Entrepreneur, Brittany Graziosi wins 1st Place in the Start Something Challenge “I’m here today because I was a weird kid.” Last night, that’s how artist, entrepreneur, and mother, Brittany Graziosi began her winning pitch at the 6th annual Start Something Challenge, a business pitch competition hosted by Rising Tide Capital, a New Jersey nonprofit. A Greenville resident and Rising Tide Capital Community Business Academy Graduate, Brittany pitched her way

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Tatyerra SpurlockJuly 13th, 2017

RISING TIDE CAPITAL ANNOUNCES THE 2017 START SOMETHING CHALLENGE SEMIFINALISTS

July 7, 2017—Last week, Rising Tide Capital announced the 2017 Start Something Challenge semi-finalists via social media. A record number of entrepreneurs, 112, entered the annual pitch competition hosted by the New Jersey nonprofit. The 27 competitors still in the competition are now one step closer to the $10,000 grand prize. To enter the SSC, each competitor submitted a 30-second video about their business or business idea. The top competitors from each

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Tatyerra SpurlockJuly 10th, 2017

Communicate. Connect. Succeed.

Entrepreneur and Speech Therapist Briana Evans opens clinic in Jersey City As a society, we often take for granted some of the most vital skills we have– like the ability to communicate, one of the most important developmental skills. Speech provides all of us with the necessary tools for learning and interacting with each other and is beneficial for future engagement, both socially and academically. However, according to a 2015 study by

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Tatyerra SpurlockJune 1st, 2017

Rising Tide Capital Celebrates in Newark as 206 Entrepreneurs Graduate from The Community Business Academy

Today, Rising Tide Capital (RTC) will welcome over 200 new entrepreneurs into its family of Community Business Academy graduates. A two-hour ceremony, held at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark will gather curators, artists and crafters, authors, restaurateurs, media mavens and other entrepreneurs from a variety of fields, along with their friends and family to celebrate their completion of RTC’s signature program The Community Business Academy. For twelve weeks, these entrepreneurs came

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