Federal government wants Memphis entrepreneurs to know about small biz resources
Dilawar Syed (right), deputy administrator for the Small Business Administration, tours Crosstown Concourse with Joann Massey of EDGE (left) on July 10, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
“There is federal investment coming in, but we need local talent and especially diverse entrepreneurs to step in and take advantage of this historic time,” said the deputy administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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