According to a recent release, VyStar Credit Union is drawing attention about additional funding for the SBA’s PPP (Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program), which has been signed into law and is now available to small businesses. Similar to the first round of funding, this money is expected to go quickly, meaning it is important
Original Article: https://news.warrington.ufl.edu/classnotes/leslie-giscombe-bsba-13-july-2019/?fbclid=IwAR21XW82iH8I9kTrGeF_6XZpXRe5sIpK3NHn4C1NeFxsVbMeGhGWAIVmrPs#.XSqGQpQfhV8.facebook Giscombe (BSBA 2013) is the founder and CEO of the African American Entrepreneurs Association, a non-profit organization formed to develop and create economic development through entrepreneurship within the underserved African American community through education, mentoring, workshops, group economics and micro-financing opportunities. Giscombe has over 30 years experience as a Serial Entrepreneur, and
Original Article: https://daytonatimes.com/2019/07/06/giscombe-forms-committee-to-explore-commission-seat/ A recent media release announced that entrepreneur Leslie Giscombe has formed an exploratory committee to evaluate opportunities to serve on the Flagler County Board of Commissioners as District 1 representative. The district, encompassing the core sections of Palm Coast surrounding the city’s innovation district, will have an open seat upon the retirement
Original Article: http://flaglerschools.ss19.sharpschool.com/about_us/newsroom/archived_news/flagler_schools_present_diversity_awards Flagler Schools wants to congratulate Nina deBodisco, a fifth-grade teacher at Bunnell Elementary School and DeAndre Harris, an intervention teacher at Wadsworth Elementary School as the first “Flagler Schools Excellence in Diversity Education Award” winners. The award is sponsored by the Flagler Schools Minority Educator Recruitment and Retention Committee and the African
Original Article: https://daytonatimes.com/2019/03/30/economic-development-expert-shares-thoughts-on-financial-literacy-at-entrepreneurs-event/?fbclid=IwAR2bKdu8ekfEJZJVobuuws6m4QgW7Qu15DYdQ-bOpV9V7gcVug8SDOlG3-c Dr. Fraser is founder/ chairman/ CEO of FraserNet, Inc., leading a global networking and economic development movement for people of African descent. The creative genius of the Harlem Renaissance brought to Harlem some of the greatest minds and talents of African Americans during the 1920s. And so, the cultural explosion had embraced
Original Article: https://www.palmcoastobserver.com/article/biz-buzz-aaea-founder-meets-with-gov-rick-scott Florida Gov. Rick Scott met the founder of the African American Entrepreneurs Association, Leslie Giscombe, at a campaign stop at St. Augustine Whetstone Chocolates. Scott spent 5 minutes discussing the importance of supporting the underserved communities in the area of entrepreneurship with Giscombe. "When you help a poor man start a business
Original Article: https://flaglerlive.com/124247/sba-aaea/ From left, Wilfredo Gonzales, district director of the Small Business Administration, Leslie Giscombe, the African American Entrepreneurs Association’s leader, and Thaddeus Hammond, a business opportunity specialist with the SBA. (AAEA) The emerging African American Entrepreneurs Association, a Palm Coast organization focused on spurring economic activity in black and minority communities, signed a
Original Article: https://www.palmcoastobserver.com/photo-gallery/your-town-portugal-day-in-palm-coast-aaea-business-themed-workshop-and-more#photo-4 The U.S. Small Business Association, along with two of its microlenders, presented a free workshop at the Palm Coast Community Center that introduced resources for interested entrepreneurs on Thursday, June 14. “This workshop is the beginning of a collaboration between the SBA and the African American Entrepreneur Association as we work together
Original Article: https://www.palmcoastobserver.com/photo-gallery/aaec-hosts-networking-event-in-honor-of-black-history-month#photo-1 The club showed a documentary of Black Wall Street, a collection of prominent African American businesses in Tusla, Oklahoma, that arose due to the segregation of the early 20th century. Members of the African American Entrepreneur’s Club and the community celebrated Black History Month with a networking event on the night of
Original Article: https://daytonatimes.com/2018/01/18/entrepreneur-motivates-others-to-find-success-in-business-life/ Leslie Giscombe stands at the intersection of owning his business and epitomizing the office of president of the African American Entrepreneurs Club. The journey has been successful for Giscombe, who, while living in Flagler County for 25 years, was traveling throughout the Caribbean operating his own line of nutraceuticals for pharmacies and
