{"id":10229,"date":"2025-04-17T09:01:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/?p=10229"},"modified":"2025-04-17T09:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:01:19","slug":"seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/","title":{"rendered":"Seventeen Local Entrepreneurs Join Fifth Cohort of GLI\u2019s Power to Prosper Business Accelerator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Louisville, Ky.<\/strong>\u00a0(April 17, 2025) \u2013 Seventeen minority business owners were selected to participate in the fifth cohort of Greater Louisville Inc.\u2019s Power to Prosper Business Accelerator, powered by Interise. The eight-month program equips entrepreneurs with knowledge, resources, and networks to scale their businesses. The goal is to help small businesses in the Greater Louisville region scale to become major economic drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Participants selected for the fifth cohort are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LaShay Calvin, Owner, Auntie\u2019s LLC<\/li>\n<li>Maizie Clarke, Owner, Maizie Clarke LLC<\/li>\n<li>Kim Heinzen, Co-Owner, American Bluegrass Marble<\/li>\n<li>Jackie Jones, Owner, Vita Shot Beverage Bar LLC (Amour Farm)<\/li>\n<li>Demoine Lee, Owner\/Master Plumber, DrainPros Plumbing<\/li>\n<li>Tiffany Marshall, Owner, Pretty Birdie LLC<\/li>\n<li>Robin Miller, Owner, NEST Community Marketing<\/li>\n<li>Laquita Moore, Owner, Quita\u2019s Quisines<\/li>\n<li>Shawnas Moore, Owner, Hair Archi-Texture LLC<\/li>\n<li>Curtis Nelson, Owner, Bluegrass Counseling Associates<\/li>\n<li>Ashlee Northington, Owner, Happy Belly Bistro<\/li>\n<li>Karen Phillips, Owner, P31 Cold Storage<\/li>\n<li>Roshunder Rucker, Owner, Future Pioneers Learning Center Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Pheniece Semien, Owner, Spero Management LLC<\/li>\n<li>Nina Smith, Owner, Smith &amp; Associates Counseling<\/li>\n<li>Dana Spencer, Owner, Just in Time 4 502 LLC<\/li>\n<li>Markquetta Winston, Co-Owner, CareAngel Mental Health and Wellness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cOur Power to Prosper Business Accelerator is truly driving inclusive economic development in Greater Louisville. Since its inception, the Accelerator has helped more than four dozen businesses grow their revenue, operations, and impact,\u201d said Sarah Davasher-Wisdom, President and CEO of GLI. \u201cThank you to our investors for continuing to support this program, and we look forward to seeing this cohort grow in the program and in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program is valued at $15,000 per individual but is offered free to participants thanks to the support of Papa Johns and Beam Suntory. During the bi-weekly sessions, participants expand their skill base in areas such as financial management, marketing and sales, human resources, access to capital, and contract development. The program curriculum is based off Interise\u2019s Street Wise \u2018MBA\u2019\u2122 model, which uses a peer-learning method to provide small business owners with the knowledge, know-now, and networks necessary to grow and scale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year it is rewarding to watch these entrepreneurs learn and grow through the curriculum of the Power to Prosper Accelerator.\u00a0 Not only will this program help grow 17 small businesses in our region but the focus on assisting entrepreneurs from historically underrepresented populations is truly breaking down systemic barriers in our community.\u201d said Dana Johnson, Vice President of Economic Inclusion at GLI.<\/p>\n<p>Power to Prosper is part of GLI\u2019s economic inclusion work, within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/prosperlouisville\/\">Prosper 2030 Strategic Plan.<\/a> Participants are surveyed one year after graduation on their business\u2019 results and progress. Results from the first two cohorts include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>125 jobs created or retained in total<\/li>\n<li>79% following the growth plan they developed in the program<\/li>\n<li>58% average revenue growth for businesses<\/li>\n<li>30% received financing to help grow their business<\/li>\n<li>96% hired from the local community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about the Power to Prosper Business Accelerator, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/powertoprosper\/\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louisville, Ky.\u00a0(April 17, 2025) \u2013 Seventeen minority business owners were selected to participate in the fifth cohort of Greater Louisville Inc.\u2019s Power to Prosper Business Accelerator, powered by Interise. The eight-month program equips entrepreneurs with knowledge, resources, and networks to scale their businesses. The goal is to help small businesses&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Seventeen Local Entrepreneurs Join Fifth Cohort of GLI\u2019s Power to Prosper Business Accelerator &ndash; One Louisville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Louisville, Ky.\u00a0(April 17, 2025) \u2013 Seventeen minority business owners were selected to participate in the fifth cohort of Greater Louisville Inc.\u2019s Power\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Seventeen Local Entrepreneurs Join Fifth Cohort of GLI\u2019s Power to Prosper Business Accelerator &ndash; One Louisville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Louisville, Ky.\u00a0(April 17, 2025) \u2013 Seventeen minority business owners were selected to participate in the fifth cohort of Greater Louisville Inc.\u2019s Power\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"One Louisville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GLIchamber\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-17T13:01:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lee Lenkoff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@GLIChamber\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@GLIChamber\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lee Lenkoff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lee Lenkoff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/person\/565e1cf1bb095f2e12d5a42af024bc6d\"},\"headline\":\"Seventeen Local Entrepreneurs Join Fifth Cohort of GLI\u2019s Power to Prosper Business Accelerator\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-17T13:01:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-17T13:01:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/\"},\"wordCount\":486,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Press Releases\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/\",\"name\":\"Seventeen Local Entrepreneurs Join Fifth Cohort of GLI\u2019s Power to Prosper Business Accelerator &ndash; One Louisville\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-17T13:01:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-17T13:01:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"Louisville, Ky.\u00a0(April 17, 2025) \u2013 Seventeen minority business owners were selected to participate in the fifth cohort of Greater Louisville Inc.\u2019s Power\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Seventeen Local Entrepreneurs Join Fifth Cohort of GLI\u2019s Power to Prosper Business Accelerator\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/\",\"name\":\"One Louisville\",\"description\":\"Accelerating Economic Inclusion &amp; Opportunity for All\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"One Louisville\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-Untitled-design-24.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-Untitled-design-24.png\",\"width\":391,\"height\":150,\"caption\":\"One Louisville\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GLIchamber\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GLIChamber\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/glichamber\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company-beta\/30269\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/person\/565e1cf1bb095f2e12d5a42af024bc6d\",\"name\":\"Lee Lenkoff\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/author\/lee-lenkoff\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Seventeen Local Entrepreneurs Join Fifth Cohort of GLI\u2019s Power to Prosper Business Accelerator &ndash; One Louisville","description":"Louisville, Ky.\u00a0(April 17, 2025) \u2013 Seventeen minority business owners were selected to participate in the fifth cohort of Greater Louisville Inc.\u2019s Power","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Seventeen Local Entrepreneurs Join Fifth Cohort of GLI\u2019s Power to Prosper Business Accelerator &ndash; One Louisville","og_description":"Louisville, Ky.\u00a0(April 17, 2025) \u2013 Seventeen minority business owners were selected to participate in the fifth cohort of Greater Louisville Inc.\u2019s Power","og_url":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/","og_site_name":"One Louisville","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GLIchamber\/","article_published_time":"2025-04-17T13:01:19+00:00","author":"Lee Lenkoff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@GLIChamber","twitter_site":"@GLIChamber","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lee Lenkoff","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/"},"author":{"name":"Lee Lenkoff","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/person\/565e1cf1bb095f2e12d5a42af024bc6d"},"headline":"Seventeen Local Entrepreneurs Join Fifth Cohort of GLI\u2019s Power to Prosper Business Accelerator","datePublished":"2025-04-17T13:01:19+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-17T13:01:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/"},"wordCount":486,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Press Releases"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/","url":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/","name":"Seventeen Local Entrepreneurs Join Fifth Cohort of GLI\u2019s Power to Prosper Business Accelerator &ndash; One Louisville","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-04-17T13:01:19+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-17T13:01:19+00:00","description":"Louisville, Ky.\u00a0(April 17, 2025) \u2013 Seventeen minority business owners were selected to participate in the fifth cohort of Greater Louisville Inc.\u2019s Power","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/seventeen-local-entrepreneurs-join-fifth-cohort-of-glis-power-to-prosper-business-accelerator\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Seventeen Local Entrepreneurs Join Fifth Cohort of GLI\u2019s Power to Prosper Business Accelerator"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/","name":"One Louisville","description":"Accelerating Economic Inclusion &amp; Opportunity for All","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#organization","name":"One Louisville","url":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-Untitled-design-24.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-Untitled-design-24.png","width":391,"height":150,"caption":"One Louisville"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GLIchamber\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/GLIChamber","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/glichamber\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company-beta\/30269\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/#\/schema\/person\/565e1cf1bb095f2e12d5a42af024bc6d","name":"Lee Lenkoff","url":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/author\/lee-lenkoff\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}