Earlier this month we hosted Holiday Pop Up Shops for our young professionals in our entrepreneurship class to sell their products and promote their businesses. It was amazing to see how far they have all come in a matter of months with starting a business from scratch.
Thank you to Brad Aronson for hosting the entrepreneurship class and always doing what he can to support entrepreneurship here at Hopeworks!
With the holidays underway, please consider supporting any of these incredible businesses all started by current young professionals in our program.
There is also a link to our alumni business directory below.
Thank you and Happy Holidays!
Check out our alumni business directory: https://zurl.co/Eggd
Lola's Nail Cafe: https://zurl.co/wf1A
Jere Jewels: https://zurl.co/4Q8G
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