Dec. 6, 2022

The four presenters wore different hats, and were in a variety of economic sectors. The ventures that their business lives revolve around are in different phases of the business life cycle. But all seemed to share an interest in getting better through collaboration – not just among themselves, but among other enterprises they can network with to grow their community, and their business.

Traletta Banks owns Another Level Staffing, a new employment agency specializing in second chance hiring.

Walter Rasby has been hired to focus on business development for longtime Charlotte health services provider Genesis Project 1.

Magloire Lubika, who grew up in and around his parents’ West Boulevard convenience store, is remaking his family’s Rock Hill commercial building into Surefire Neighborhood Market, where a website is under way and the focus is on healthier foods, like the thousands of plums sold in the months since a summer reopening.

Roby Rajkumar is launching Woodbrook Kitchen as a catering  venture to bring the tastes of his native Trinidad to Charlotte. Amanda Harry’s QCityMetro follow-up interview is here. A PDF version is here.

Below is the video from this morning’s presentations.