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Esther FraserOctober 10th, 2017

What’s on the menu at RISE to Expand Opportunity?

One of the things we're most excited about for the new format of our upcoming celebration is the menu! Not only are we able to bring in more food vendors than ever before--and support more small businesses--but we are also able to create a unique foodie event. So with sincere thanks to Lisi and Perla of Midnight Market for curating an eclectic culinary experience that is sure to tempt every palate, we're happy to present the list of vendors that will be providing food for RISE to Expand Opportunity on November 2! Your one-time cover charge allows you to choose food from six of these vendors, as well as open bar all night.

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Esther FraserSeptember 22nd, 2017

Rising to Expand Opportunity

Our goal? To paint a picture of what inclusive entrepreneurship truly looks like by bringing together all of the players it takes to make our work happen, to stimulate conversations about what our work together means against a celebratory backdrop of food, fun and entertainment, provided by entrepreneurs and local small businesses.

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Esther FraserAugust 3rd, 2017

A Surprising End to the Start Something Challenge

When I walked up to our Strategic Advisory Board co-chair Aicha Balla last night at our Start Something Challenge Grand Finale, she was standing with Rising Tide Capital coach Andrew Frazier and Keith Dent, our Regional Director. Aicha was upset. Her fitness instructor, Pamela Roundtree, the entrepreneur who had presented first on the evening, was not one of the three finalists winning cash grants. She looked at me. “What if there was a member

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Andrew FarrellyAugust 2nd, 2017

Pure Pearl: Aiesha Phillips Takes 3rd Place at The SSC 2017 Finale

In the evening of August 1, 2017, ten finalists in Rising Tide Capital’s Start Something Challenge — a statewide business competition – watched as one by one, each delivered a five-minute business pitch in front of a panel of judges and a live audience. The first pitch, the second pitch, the third, the fourth…. number nine. Finally, it was time for the tenth, and last finalist. Dressed in a white dress, and

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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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