There are 8 article(s) tagged Ernest Strickland:

• August 2024

  • Memphis Black business association has new name but same mission

    The 50-year-old Black Business Association of Memphis has a new name, a fresh website and a recently launched tool for members that uses AI to help them find their target audiences.

    By Aisling Mäki August 28, 2024

• April 2022

  • Listen to how more Black-owned businesses can thrive

    Ernest Strickland of the Black Business Association joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

    By Eric Barnes April 14, 2022

• May 2021

  • Pristex’s heart for medical community starts with family ties to St. Jude

    The manufacturing and sales operation, which aims hire up to 400 Memphians, has partnered with Memphis Medical District Collaborative’s Buy Local program and also TNEX, a minority-owned business formed to promote local manufacturing, sales and contracting.

    By Christin Yates May 10, 2021

• June 2020

  • Economic Recovery Town Hall highlights how Memphis has pivoted in pandemic

    The gains include new collaborations, technology devices for all SCS students and the speed at which the crisis has forced people to adapt.

    By Jane Roberts June 19, 2020

• October 2019

  • UpSkill901 career fair provides access to employers, resources

    The career fair is part of a Greater Memphis Chamber effort to “upskill” 10,000 people for jobs in the Memphis market. 

    By Elle Perry October 31, 2019

• December 2018

  • Greater Memphis Chamber takes ‘opportunity for all’ approach in 2019

    After the Bluff City’s political and business dignitaries filled the Grand Ballroom at The Peabody, the music died down and the mood became slightly somber, as attendees knew the Greater Memphis Chamber’s president and CEO would not be there.

    By Michelle Corbet December 07, 2018

• October 2018

  • Chamber leaders talk public policy and private competition

    Public policy and competition in the business world can co-exist with business taking the lead in creating new jobs, says one of the new set of leaders of the Greater Memphis Chamber.

    By Bill Dries October 19, 2018

  • Modern manufacturing inspires the next generation

    Last Friday, a group of students from Bolton High School toured Competition Cams Inc., a Memphis-based manufacturer of performance camshafts and other valve train parts. At the beginning of the tour, feet were dragging and yawns were contagious, but as students moved through the production process and more machinery came into play, they began to ask questions.

    By Michelle Corbet October 10, 2018