WYBC & Yale University salute Neville Wisdom Fashion Design Studio
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…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute Sandra’s Next Generation
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…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute MINI PNG
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…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute Noir Vintage & Co.
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…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute Woody’s Wings
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…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute Dope N’ Delicious
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…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute Petals Market
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…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute BIM Auto Repair
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…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute The Anchor Spa
Name: Karl Williams Business Name: The Anchor Spa, 272 College Street, New Haven Year Business was started in New Haven: 2016 Why did you start your own business? Growing up in an innovative, business driven household, I learned from my father the value of creating something on your own. I developed an intimate knowledge of…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute Elite Hair Studio
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…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute More Amour Boutique
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…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute Gorilla Lemonade
Name: Kristen Threatt & Brian Burkett Thompson Business Name: Gorilla Lemonade Year Business was started in New Haven: 2022 Why did you start your own business? Gorilla Lemonade Lemonade was powered by Eat Up our food catering business. We started Eat Up in 2019 and we never sold beverages until 2022 and the rest was history. We got…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute Phillys A Taste Of Philadelphia
Name: Shem Adams Business Name: Phillys A Taste Of Philadelphia, 1008 Chapel Street, New Haven Year Business was started in New Haven: New Haven started in May of 2022 ( Phillys started in 2010) Why did you start your own business? I was previously an entrepreneur (Barber Shop/Music Engineer/Night Club owner) but never tried the restaurant industry. Since a lot…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute Ricky D’s Rib Shack
Name: Ricky Evans Business Name: Ricky D’s Rib Shack, 302 Winchester Avenue, New Haven Year Business was started in New Haven: May 2013 (food truck) June 2016 (restaurant) Why did you start your own business? After spending 4 years in Corporate America working in New York and New Jersey I realized it wasn’t for me and I’d much rather…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute Mae Flower & Gift Shop
Name: Nethia Joyner Business Name: Mae Flower & Gift Shop, 302 Dixwell Avenue, New Haven Year Business was started in New Haven: 2019 Why did you start your own business?: I started this business because I had a commitment to creating a legacy for my family. The shop is named in honor of my mother who is still very…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute Soap Edi
Name: Lucy Ballester Business Name: Soap Edi, 1022 Chapel Street, New Haven Year Business was started in New Haven: October 8, 2022 Why did you start your own business? Decided I should turn my soap making hobby into a business Why did you choose to start your business in New Haven? Started as a vendor in the New…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute A Hustler’s Vibe
Name: Rashann Boyd Business Name: A Hustler’s Vibe Year Business was started in New Haven: My business legally was started in early 2019 Why did you start your own business? I started my own business because I have always had the hustler’s mentality since a youth. Starting in high school selling candy in the school hallways. …… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute Any Occasion Creation Florist
Name: Carrien Davis Business Name: Any Occasion Creation Florist Year Business was started in New Haven: 2014 Why did you start your own business? I gained inspiration from my parents, who kept flowers all throughout her home in the Caribbean Island of Dominica. As a teenager, I would be tasked with picking flowers from the family garden for the dinner…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute Reliant Behavioral Health & Community Services
Name: Lisa Hardy-Gardner Business Name: 1)Reliant Behavioral Health & Community Services and my newest business is: 2) Effective Community Services TLC(Transforming Life’s Circumstances) Year Business was started in New Haven: 2019 Why did you start your own business? After years of working in various macro-level state and non-profit organizations, and having children, I knew that I needed…… Continue Reading
WYBC & Yale University salute Soulful Threads
Name: Krystina Jackson Business Name: Soulful Threads, 1022 Chapel Street, New Haven. Year Business was started in New Haven: November 2020. Storefront on Chapel opened on November 15th 2023. We are a new store! Why did you start your own business? After graduating with my master’s in social work from UConn in 2020, I like many others…… Continue Reading