Pictured left to right: Holly Hanson (Director Cumberland Business Incubator), Kimberly Williams (Spa Escapes), Ben Ford (Dendrophilia Landscapes), Cathy Kimmerly (OH Fudge!), Stuart Sitton (Select Auto Sales), Allison Crawford (Momentum Behavior Analysis), Jody Franks (Franksarousa Farms), and Facilitator Diane Morey (A to Z Printing)
Congratulations to the entrepreneurs who made their Pitch to the standing-room-only assembled crowd at the Cumberland Business Incubator (CBI) on Monday May 4th. Seven business owners worked on their business concepts for nine weeks utilizing a business model canvas approach called CO.STARTERS in preparation for Pitch Night. Five of the entrepreneurs were intent on growing existing businesses while two were developing brand new businesses.
The CO.STARTER facilitators were Diane Morey of A to Z Printing and Holly Hanson, Director of the Cumberland Business Incubator. Guest speakers who shared their entrepreneurial experiences with the group throughout the nine weeks included Tom McDunn of TPM Technologies, Renee Oberer and John Coles, Dave Clark of A to Z Printing, Attorney Kent Moore, Derek Solomon of Domino’s and Justin Sidwell of Sid’s Electric.
During Pitch Night six of the entrepreneurs presented to the crowd of supporters and future customers. One entrepreneur provided her family’s secret recipe hot fudge sundaes to make certain everyone will become a customer of her new business.
The business owners and businesses included:
Kimberly Williams – Spa Escapes – A brought-to-you spa experience utilizing the Beauty Control line of products.
Ben Ford – Dendrophilia Landscapes – With a Masters in Landscape Design from TTU and a world travelled perspective on beautiful gardens, landscape design and installation far beyond what others offer.
Cathy Kimmerly – OH Fudge! – A hand dipped premium ice cream shop offering secret-recipe hot fudge sundaes and other flavors of ice cream and frozen yogurt in cups and cones.
Stuart Sitton – Select Auto Sales – Used car sales with guaranteed financing, consignment car sales, service for all makes and models, car detailing and rental cars to meet all your personal and fleet vehicle needs.
Allison Crawford – Momentum Behavior Analysis – Providing Board Certified Behavior Analysis for children and adults with behavior issues.
Jody Franks – Franksarousa Farms – A goat farm providing herd share members the healthy alternative of raw goat milk.
Chris Arnold – Herb and Plow Farm – Certified naturally grown fruits and vegetables sold in Community Supported Agriculture shares of the farm’s harvest each week.
The Cumberland Business Incubator is accepting applications for the limited seats available in the next CO.STARTERS cohort at 931-456-4910.
