Name: Neville Wisdom Business Name: Neville Wisdom Fashion Design Studio, 27 Broadway, New Haven Year Business was started in New Haven: 2007 Why did you start your own business? I started my own business because I wanted to do what I love and I also wanted to be in control of my own destiny. Why did…
Name: Sandra Pittman Business Name: Sandra’s Next Generation, 636 Congress Avenue, New Haven. Year Business was started in New Haven: 1989 Why did you start your own business? Growing up on 99 Edgewood Ave my family and sold Soul Food dinners for $5. We sold out every week and my husband encouraged us to open a restaurant. Why…
Name: Eiress Hammond Business Name: MINI PNG, 77 Audubon Street, New Haven Year Business was started in New Haven: 2022 – storefront 2019 – started making clothing online Why did you start your own business?: In 2019 as an 18-year-old, I was going to college for pre law in a whole different state! (Ohio State University) and…
Name: Evelyn Massey Business Name: Noir Vintage & Co., 111 Court Street, New Haven Year Business was started in New Haven: My business came to life with a storefront June 2023 but started at the end of the pandemic as an online store on Instagram, and with the help of market pop-ups and vending opportunities around…
Name: Linwood & Lachele Lacy Business Name: Woody’s Wings, 91 Church Street, New Haven. Year Business was started in New Haven: December 2019 on Whalley Avenue for 3 years Why did you start your own business? I wanted to show my different training styles of cooking with a fast-food twist. I also wanted to…
Name: De’Ari Allick Business Name: Dope N’ Delicious, 300 Dixwell Avenue, New Haven. Year Business was started in New Haven: 2021 Why did you start your own business? I started my own business to give my kids a better future Why did you choose to start your business in New Haven? I actually started my first restaurant…
Photos are of Elaine of Petals Market. Owner: Gideon Gebreyesus Business Name: Petals Market, 100 Ashmum Street, New Haven Year Business was started in New Haven: 2019 Why did you start your own business? The area is known as a food desert, and the business was open to fill the void with the collaboration of Yale and…
Name: Emerson Business Name: BIM Auto Repair, 223 Whalley Avenue, New Haven. Year Business was started in New Haven: 2015 Why did you start your own business? I opened Bim Auto Repair as a tribute to where we were from. Bim is the name used for Barbados, where we grew up with a single parent raising five boys…
Name: Stephanie Williams Business Name: Elite Hair Studio, 1440 Whalley Avenue, New Haven Year Business was started in New Haven: February 2005 Why did you start your own business? In the span of two weeks, I transitioned from a hairdresser to a young Black business owner. During the time the salon I was at was…
Name: Kimberly Poole Business Name: More Amour Boutique, 1130 Chapel Street, New Haven Year Business was started in New Haven: 2019 Why did you start your own business? My passion for fashion ignited my journey into entrepreneurship. Having started as a buyer and visual merchandiser, I witnessed multiple stores closing and felt compelled to ensure a destination…