Marcela Tapiero started Your DreamWall LLC back in 2019, left her nine-to-five to work the business full-time and attended LAEDA WBC’s Women’s Business Academy in Winter 2020. As with many fellow entrepreneurs, she has pivoted her business and has found ways to connect with her audience despite obstacles...
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Gita’s Mobile Cafe Serves Up Successful Grand Opening
Pennsauken, NJ – Cooper River Park is now home to the mouth-watering aroma of cilantro sliders on perfectly crunchy tostones, freshly fried breakfast pastelillos, and many more Puerto Rican favorites...
Business Byte: How to Create Your Business Profile on Google
In this month’s Business Byte, Jamila Powell, LAEDA’s WBC Program Manager, will discuss how to add your business profile to Google. If you ever wanted to know how potential clients can find you on Google, is the video for you...
A Moment with our EDTP Graduate- Yhanne’s House of Cheesecakes LLC
Yhanne and Tiffany Battle are the owners and operators of Yhanne’s House of Cheesecakes LLC. Tiffany Battle is a graduate of LAEDA’s Entrepreneurial Development Training Program (EDTP)...
Ocean First Foundation Awards $5,000 Grant to LAEDA
Camden, NJ – Starting a business in South Jersey can be difficult, but thanks to the Ocean First Foundation and its support of the Latin American Economic Development Association, Inc. (LAEDA), it got a lot easier...
Ready to Start Homesteading? Local First-Generation Farmer Says, ‘Go for It!’
Kededra Holmes is first-generation farmer, U.S. veteran, serial entrepreneur and the founder of Lovely Hen LLC, a family-run farm in Southampton, NJ that specializes in exotic breeds of chickens, makes custom chicken coops, and designs luxury homesteading set-ups including tree-planting, gardening and organic living landscapes...
LAEDA CEO Keynotes, Bridgeton Area Chamber of Commerce Hispanic Business: The Power of Culture Event
On June 15, 2021, the Bridgeton Area Chamber of Commerce held “Hispanic Business: The Power of Culture” to underscore the immense positive impact of the Hispanic business community on the local economy and region...
Generational Wealth
Have you ever said you want to create a successful business that will leave a legacy for your loved ones after they are gone? The concept, known as generational wealth, refers to any kind of asset...
A Moment with our EDTP Graduates – Tisha Davis
Tisha Davis is the owner and operator of Design Junkie Tees, a custom T-shirt design company. She is also a graduate of LAEDA’s Entrepreneurial Development Training Program (EDTP). We had a chance to sit down with Tisha Davis to ask about her experience with entrepreneurship and LAEDA's training program...
Food Entrepreneurs Graduate from Santander Bank’s Cultivate Small Business Program
Santander Bank’s 12-week program Cultivate Small Business came to a close on June 29, 2021 with a virtual graduation ceremony...
LAEDA- A Word from Our Female Entrepreneurs In Regards to The Pandemic
COVID-19 has impacted our lives in various areas; however, for those who are also business owners, the effects were twofold. During this pandemic, we had a chance to ask alumna of LAEDA’s Entrepreneurial Development Training Program (EDTP) and Women's Business Academy (WBA) how they were coping during this time...
Celebrating the Entrepreneurial Development Training Program Session 90
On June 16th, 2021 LAEDA concluded the third virtual Entrepreneurial Development Training Program course. LAEDA has been providing in-person training for 34 years and launched its first virtual Entrepreneurial Development Training Program back in the Spring of 2020...