Rock It! Lab's Spring 2024 Cohort Business Incubator Graduation

Join us on Thursday, May 30, for Rock It! Lab's Spring 2024 Cohort Business Incubator Graduation.

5:00pm – 5:45pm: Tour with donors/prospects/press and Q&A

6:00pm – 6:30pm:  Welcome and Pitch Competition (5 students)

6:30pm – 7:30pm: Graduation Program

• Student Speaker
• Keynote Speaker - Monique Carswell, Director, Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity. Introduced by CALS Executive Director Nate Coulter
• Presentation of Graduation Certificates
• Presentation of Pitch Competition Winner
• Final Remarks

7:30pm – 8:30pm: Networking

The participants in the fourth cohort of Rock It! Lab's Business Incubator have worked hard to test, learn, and refine their business models. We hope you will join us to learn more about Rock It! Lab and celebrate their accomplishments.

Housed inside the historic Cox Building at Library Square, Rock It! Lab is a place where under-resourced entrepreneurs are given the tools, guidance, and training necessary to start, grow, and scale their businesses. A partnership of the Central Arkansas Library System and Advancing Black Entrepreneurship, Rock It! Lab provides resources such as technical assistance, mentorship, networking opportunities, business education, one-on-one instruction, and more to assist entrepreneurs in creating successful businesses.

Spring 2024 Cohort Business Incubator graduates:

• Kyndal Brown (Mended Souls Sea Moss)
• Sylvia Brown (Thought Leaders & Action Partners Ltd.)
• Rhoda Deon (Radical Pursuits)
• Whitney Easterling (The Guideline By WhitneyE.)
• Petrice Hameth (Buttered By Her)
• Denisha Hill-Cotton (The Vegan Hero)
• Trinity Hinton (Omorfia, LLC)
• Prince Hollidy (Coils Crystals & Culture)
• Jerald Mitchell (TV Mounting Pro)
• Brittany Peoples (BP Print Shop LLC)
• April Perry (Me.Marie Style)
• Morgan Perry (Me.Marie Style)
• Madison Pitts (Nina's Touch)
• Tierini Scott (Plan. Create. Execute. Academy)
• Kristin Stroh (Long Dog Art)
• Tiffany Thomas (TMT's Sweets n' Treats)
• Royanna Turner (The YannieLoc Experience)
• Michelle Whitlock (Hater Nation)