New Venture
Philanthropy
The Spark Tank
The Spark Tank is the educational, training, and coaching effort aimed at moving aspiring entrepreneurs and talented hustlers in marginalized communities to be promising, professional, and value-creating business owners and leaders within their communities. It’s where Mindset #1, the shift from hustler to businessperson, happens.
Learn more at www.sparktank.org.
Our Beginnings
Projects Ready for Funding
Jarmez Smith
Owner of Dapper Mobile
Jarmez Smith owns and operates a mobile barber shop business in the St. Louis area. He has customized one barber trailer – a significant competitive advantage over his competition and he brings his 16+ years of styling to you! He’s completed the Spark Tank program in Ferguson and wants to expand his business with a second trailer and hire a new stylist for that mobile store. This expansion will allow him to build some personal wealth and allow another stylist to share in the rewards of having their own shop. But he needs capital to do this!
Watch his early pitch video at the YouTube link below!
Funding Details
Michael Cowsette
Owner of All World Tech Sales and Service
Michael Cowsette has completed his expansion plans through the Spark Tank in Ferguson, Missouri. Michael has been selling internet, phone, and security systems and services for years as a broker for many of the largest tech companies in the world. His contracts with these companies, his industry and program expertise, his focus on customer service, and expert sales ability make a perfect launch pad for expanding his business so that he can build wealth for his family and help others do the same. But he needs your help to do so.
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Funding Details
Brandon Rice
That Black Coffee Cart
Meet Brandon Rice, a talented software developer by night, but aspiring and successful entrepreneur by day introducing quality coffee to his community in East St. Louis. His acquired love for good coffee and the lack thereof in his community drove him to start serving quality coffee from a cart. He’s since evolved to a trailer and is now expanding to a coffee truck under the name – That Black Coffee Truck. He has earned the opportunity to succeed and generate wealth in his business at the rate those outside marginalized communities with access to capital can, but he needs help from you.
Watch his early pitch video at the YouTube link below!
FUNDED
Funding Details
Steve Johnson
Owner of STL Transit Group + 5-Star CDL Training
What started as a way to earn a living has evolved through Steve's work at the Spark Tank to a full local/regional trucking line serving the St. Louis region. He envisions his trained and talented drivers on the road with three trucks serving the many contacts/contracts he has developed over his years as a driver. For his business to expand, it’s time for Steve to get out of the cab and work on the business, not just in the business. He has earned the opportunity to succeed and generate wealth in his business at the rate those outside marginalized communities with access to capital can, but he needs help from you.
Watch his early pitch video at the YouTube link below!
