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Small Business Spotlight: Tati’s Floral is Bringing Beauty to Chicago’s South Side

Tati’s Floral isn’t just a flower shop – it’s a symbol of love for Chicago’s South Side. Born in the middle of the pandemic, it started with a simple act of self-care. “I was feeling down because of…

Featured, News, Community Impact, Polsky Small Business Growth Program, Small Business Growth Program, small business spotlight, exchange, Tatis Floral, Tatiana Williams August 7, 2025
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Small Business Spotlight: How Diversity Connected Helps Companies Turn Chaos into Clarity

For more than two decades, Sara Gregory has been the head of Diversity Connected, a boutique consulting firm that specializes in operational excellence, project management, event execution, and data…

Featured, News, Community Impact, Polsky Small Business Growth Program, Small Business Growth Program, small business spotlight, exchange, Sara Gregory, Diversity Connected April 24, 2025
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Small Business Spotlight: Chocolat Uzma

Chocolat Uzma is a retail chocolate shop located in Chica…

News, Video, Community Impact, video, small business spotlight, Anthos Training Clubs, Anthos, video small business spotlight August 26, 2024
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Small Business Spotlight: Anthos Training Clubs

Anthos Training Club is an award-winning training club locate…

News, Video, Venture Success, video, small business spotlight, Anthos Training Clubs, Anthos, video small business spotlight June 4, 2024
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Small Business Spotlight: Qui Solutions Unlocks the Potential Behind BIPOC and Woman-owned Businesses

Qui Solutions – a global member-based remote staffing…

Featured, News, Community Impact, Qui Solutions, TeQuila Cooper-Shabaaz, Polsky Small Business Growth Program, Small Business Growth Program, small business spotlight, exchange March 19, 2024
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Small Business Spotlight: 103 Collection Connects Beauty with Nature

Things in life often don’t just line up perfectly. But for Melinda Herron, founder of 103 Collection – an eco-beauty company rooted in nature – the inspiration for her company sort of did. “I was in…

Featured, News, Community Impact, small business spotlight, exchange, 103 Collection, Polsky Small Business Growth Program, Small Business Growth Program January 3, 2024
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Small Business Spotlight: Ms. Jetsetter Takes Flight

Starting a travel accessory company at the beginning of a global pandemic isn’t easy. Just ask Tracey McGhee, founder of Ms. Jetsetter. “There were times when I thought that my business wouldn’t succ…

News, Community Impact, Polsky Small Business Growth Program, Small Business Growth Program, small business spotlight, exchange, Ms. Jetsetter November 29, 2023
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Small Business Spotlight: Love Cork Screw Welcomes Everyone to a Glass of Wine

In 2019, Chri…

News, Community Impact, Small Business, Polsky Small Business Growth Program, Small Business Growth Program, Love Cork Screw, small business spotlight, Chrishon Lampley, wedding, Lampley, wine October 19, 2023
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Small Business Spotlight: Amazing Edibles Catering Has Been Serving Great Food and Good Times For 30 Years

Amazing Edibles Catering specializes in transforming any event into something amazing. Pictured here steak frites: grilled steak cooked…

News, Community Impact, Polsky Small Business Growth Program, Small Business Growth Program, small business spotlight, catering, events, Andrea Herrera, Herrera, Amazing Edibles Catering, wedding, Small Business September 25, 2023
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Small Business Spotlight: Anthos Training Clubs Brings Personability to Personal Training

Anthos Training Clubs Team featuring co-founders Clifton Hempstead (far left) and Shaka Mitchel (far right). Photo courtesy of Anthos T…

News, Community Impact, small business spotlight, Anthos Training Clubs, Anthos, Shaka Mitchell, Clifton Hempstead, Gym, personal training, Small Business, Polsky Small Business Growth Program, Small Business Growth Program August 24, 2023
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Small Business Spotlight: Larvetta Loftin Built L3 Agency To Deliver Culturally-Aware Content, Showcase Black Female Talent

The L3 Agency is a full-service integrated influencer marketing and communications consulting firm focused on creating authentic engage…

News, Community Impact, Larvetta Loftin, Loftin, L3 Agency, The L3 Agency, L3, Small Business, communications, Polsky Small Business Growth Program, branding, Small Business Growth Program, Marketing, small business spotlight July 26, 2023
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Small Business Spotlight: Brown Sugar Bakery Hits the Sweet Spot Between Homey and Gourmet

“Some people talk about…

News, Community Impact, brown sugar bakery, stephanie hart, hart, bakery, Small Business, Polsky Small Business Growth Program, Small Business Growth Program, small business spotlight June 22, 2023
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Small Business Spotlight: 'I Choose the Ladder' Coaches Fortune 500 Companies on Employee Development, Retention

  Three years ago, Watchen Nyanue, MBA ’22 had a dream job as the senior vice president of…

News, Community Impact, I Choose the Ladder, Watchen Nvanue, employee management, WNBA, Fortune 500 Companies, Booth School of Business, netowrking, Small Business Growth Program, DePauw University, small business spotlight, Yahoo, Hearst, mentorship, ALUMNI OF COLOR, consulting, Nike May 8, 2023
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Small Business Spotlight: Big Plans are Brewing For Kikwetu Kenya Coffee Company

With three young children and a full-time job as a technology…

News, Community Impact, Hilton Hotels, innovation, Dom's Kitchen and Market, kikwetu coffee, West Loop, leecox omollo, South Loop, Isra omar, logan square, kenya, north center, northwestern, Wicker Park, coffee, Foxtrot Market, Hyde Park, Woodlawn, Martha Itulya-Omollo, Small Business Growth Program, kellogg school of management, growth strategy, small business spotlight, Hyde Park farmers market March 31, 2023
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Small Business Spotlight: Egg Rolls Etc. Brings Comfort and Culture to the Frozen Food Aisle

It was a dare that brought Javon Nicholas, founder and president of Egg Rolls Etc.™…

News, Community Impact, entrepreneurship, amazon, small business spotlight, Walmart, Barnes & Noble, Egg Rolls Etc, Javon Nicholas, Taiwan, Polsky small business educational programs, Food Processing Magazine, General Mills, Heinz, Illinois Restaurant Association March 17, 2023
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Small Business Spotlight: Urban Roots Builds Business While Building Up Their Community

Jimmie Williams, owner of…

News, Community Impact, Small Business, Chicago Urban League, Polsky Small Business Growth Program, East Chatham, entrepreneurship, Mahalia Jackson Court, south side, POP! Heights Park, small business spotlight, JP Morgan Chase, investing, innovation, Urban Roots, Jimmie Williams, Earth Day, Tiffany Williams February 22, 2023
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Small Business Spotlight: Getting Lost Leads Owner of Forty Acres Fresh Market to Find Her Entrepreneurial Spirit

When Liz Abunaw, MBA’14, stepped off the No. 66 bus in Chicago’s Austi…

News, Community Impact, MBA, Austin neighborhood, Small Business, Lincoln Park, Polsky Small Business Growth Program, Forty Acres Fresh Market, small business spotlight, American Heart Association, Healthy Food Financing Initiative, Entrepreneur-in-residence, Westside Health Authority, Forty Acres, Salvation Army, South Loop, Famous Amos, Wicker Park, Austin Town Hall City Market, General Mills, Liz Abunaw January 31, 2023
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Small Business Spotlight: Eventnoire Succeeds by Super Serving its Community

Jeff Osuji kne…

News, Community Impact, Femi Masha, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Hameed Bello, small business spotlight, influencers, eventnoire, Events by Pyramid, Jeff osuji, Mountain Dew Real Change, Afrotech, investments, WTTW, small business financial fundaments, Essence, ticketing, ChicagoInno, events, WVON/Ariel Investment’s 2022 40 under 40 Game Changers, Forbes, tech, Small Business Growth Program January 4, 2023
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Small Business Spotlight: Nicole Jordan's Catering and Consulting Businesses Show "You Can Be Small But Not Small-Minded"

After a decade working as a consu…

News, Community Impact, small business spotlight, Knickerbocker Hotel, culinary school, Nicole Jordan, Beverly neighborhood, small business financial fundaments, McKinley Park, catering, Goldman Sachs, consulting, Goldman Sachs 10, urban operation, 000 Small Business Initiative, JP Morgan Chase, Fund for Equitable Business Growth, Small Business, Nicole Jordan Catering, Small Business Growth Program, Illinois Institute of Art, Downstate Small Business Stabilization Program, Financial Fundamentals October 25, 2022
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Small Business Spotlight: Sarah Ware, a Change Agent in Chicago Real Estate

Real estate has historically been a white man’s game, and continues to be so at leadership level…

Community Impact, Sarah ware, ware realty group, small business financial fundamentals, real estate, CAR, Michelle Mills Clement, Community, Small Business Growth Program, south side, small business spotlight September 13, 2022
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Small Business Spotlight: Dinobi Detergent's Plant-Based Laundry Soap a True Labor of Love

Sylvia and Augie Emuwa founded Dinobi Detergent as a premium plant-based laundry soap brand safe for sensitive skin. (All photos credit…

News, Community Impact, Dinobi Detergent, Augie Emuwa, Sylvia Emuwa, Grove Collaborative, laundry soap, South Side Pitch, Institute for Justice's Clinic of Entrepreneurship, Polsky Exchange, Small Business Growth Program, small business spotlight, Community Impact July 13, 2022
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Small Business Spotlight: In the Age of Amazon, Kido's Key to Retail Success is Knowing Your Community

When Keewa Nurullah, a performing artist, had her first ch…

News, Community Impact, Small Business Growth Program, small business spotlight, keewa nurullah, kido, Community Impact, retail, South Side Story Time, Adrienne Brown David March 9, 2022
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Small Business Spotlight: With Solo Noir and Zen Soul Apothecary, One Woman Nurtures Outer and Inner Wellness

Andrea Polk always considered herself a spiritual person. But it took time for her to see the deeper meaning when her body suddenly went into revolt. At 38, the normally active and healthy Polk becam…

Featured, News, Community Impact, zen soul apothecary, Andrea polk, Community Impact, L1 Retail Store, Small Business Growth Program, small business spotlight, solo noir February 7, 2022
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Small Business Spotlight: ReformedSchool's Handmade Wearable Art Has Something to Say

Peter Gaona, founder of ReformedSchool, speaks at the grand opening of the L1 Retail Store in Washington Park. (Photo credit: Angie Sta…

Featured, News, Community Impact, Community Impact, L1 Retail Store, L1 Creative Accelerator, Arts + Public Life, Small Business Growth Program, randolph Street Market, SBGP, AfroPunk festival, small business spotlight, atlanta Essence Fest, ReformedSchool, Peter Gaona, L1 Retail Shop December 1, 2021
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Small Business Spotlight: Hemp Heals Body Shop Preaches Plants Over Pills

Tiffany Joi, owner of Hemp Heals Body Shop, started making CBD lotions to ease her mom’s knee pain. (Photo credit: Silver Room/Angela M…

Featured, News, Community Impact, spotlight, UChicago Arts, Roseland, Small Business Growth Program, south side, hemp heals body shop, Tiffany Joi, small business spotlight, Hyde Park farmers market, L1 Retail Store November 2, 2021
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Small Business Spotlight: With Taylor’s Tacos, West Coast Street Food Finds West Side Community

After moving back home to…

Community Impact, Above and Beyond, Tacos Create Community, Neighborhood entrepreneurship Lab, The Hatchery, Small Business Growth Program, Taylor's tacos, Taylor mason, Douglas Park, NBU Athletics, Project sWish June 9, 2022
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Small Business Spotlight: Larry's Barber College Stays a Cut Above With New Walmart Shop

Angela…

News, Community Impact, John Randolph, Small Business Growth Program, Christopher Hill, SBGP, Beyond Basketball, Community Impact, Larry's barber college, Adam farmer, Walmart, Angela Harvey, Larry's Barber Maximus, Larry Roberts Jr May 9, 2022
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Small Business Spotlight: OjaExpress, Designed By and For Immigrants, Brings Same-Day Delivery to Ethnic Grocery Stores

When Boyede Sobitan wo…

Featured, News, Community Impact, Small Business Growth Program, OjaExpress, innovation award, boyede Sobitan, Community Impact January 11, 2022
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Polsky Exchange: Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Workshop

The Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Program supports entrepreneurs with customized learning opportunities, incentives and networking to thrive in the digital economy. This workshop is to show bus…

Open to the Public, In-person, Workshop / Training, Partner Event March 6, 2025
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