ANNOUNCEMENT The NJSBDC at Rutgers-Newark is delighted to announce the opening of its satellite office at: SETON HALL UNIVERSITY Stillman School of Business 400 South Orange Avenue Jubilee Hall, 5th Floor South Orange, NJ 07079 Office Hours: Fridays from 10:00am – 3:00pm Counseling at this site begins at this site on: September 8, 2017 Counseling […]
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Small Business Saturday Becomes a New Holiday Tradition
Republished from NJTV. To read original article, please click here. This holiday “tradition” is fast becoming a staple among Americans: Small Business Saturday. The “shop local, eat local” push toward community stores and restaurants falls between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. “With a small business owner, you’re going to get value, you’re going to get [...]
Frederick A. Morton, Jr – Tempo TV
TEMPO Networks, LLC, is the first and only full service pan-Caribbean media and entertainment company producing and offering culturally relevant content on all media platforms (on-air, on-line, on-mobile and on the ground). Its flagship cable television network, TEMPO TV, captures and delivers the extraordinary Caribbean vibe by successfully producing and delivering Caribbean content dedicated to […]
IyaSokoya Karade – Karade Gymnastics School, LLC
Ms. IyaSokoya Karade and Mr. Oloye Ifa Karade owned and managed a home-based family childcare program for a number of years. Over those years the childcare program gained national recognition, served as a resource for families in the community, and advocates for children on state and local issues. But the couple still had bigger aspirations […]
Susan Devaney – The Marvins Group LLC
Ms. Susan Devaney is CEO of The Mavins Group, LLC which is comprised of two subsidiaries: Moving Mavins and Mavins Realty. When Ms. Devaney first came to the NJSBDC at Rutgers-Newark in June 2007, she was starting her first business, called Moving Mavins, LLC, a move management company focused on serving seniors in New Jersey […]
Faith Baum & Ken Douglas – Illumination Arts LLC
Faith Baum and Ken Douglas are the founders/owners of Illumination Arts, LLC an architectural lighting design and consulting company that specializes in “innovative lighting designs” that address “both aesthetic and practical” requirements. Ms. Baum and Mr. Douglas both worked at the same architectural lighting firm and had tried to purchase the business unsuccessfully for two […]
Aminata Dukuray – African Secrets LLC
Born in Sierra Leone West Africa, Aminata Dukuray came to the United States in 1990 with dreams of a future. As immigrants, she and her husband started a family and struggled to provide for themselves in a country that often turned dreams into nightmares. Despite the challenges, Ms. Dukuray never gave up on her dreams […]
Tanglea Stewart – Bobbie’s Babies
Natives of Newark, Tangela Stewart and her mother, Barbara “Bobbie” Stewart, wanted to bring a premium daycare center – Bobbie’s Babies – to the city. The NJSBDC at Rutgers University Newark assisted the two with business and marketing counseling and today the center enrolls 43 children and employs nine teachers and aides,providing specialized educational services.
Loretta Bowe – Simply Britt’s Gourmet
The story of Simply Britt’s Gourmet is one that embodies the true entrepreneurial spirit and experience. Ms. Loretta Bowe, the founder and owner of the company as persevered through obstacles, set backs and let downs that would have made the average person pack it in. But like many successful entrepreneurs she derives a deep sense […]
Peter Larchmont – Porta Print, Inc
Peter Larchmont is the founder and owner of Porta Print, Inc. a printing company that specializes in desktop publishing, color copies, offset printing, digital printing and binding services. The company began operating in 1995 on Halsey Street, in downtown Newark, with one employee. Today the company has grown to a staff of three and its […]
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