Applications are now open for Tulsa Initiative, Inc.’s flagship program, the Tulsa Leadership & Entrepreneurship Academy (TLEA).
For the past four years, Tulsa Initiative, Inc. has been dedicated to empowering young Black,
Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) male entrepreneurs by providing them with the necessary tools, resources and networks to navigate the complexities of starting and sustaining a business.
The TLEA is a comprehensive 13-week mentoring program designed for young business enthusiasts aged 18-26. Through in-person sessions in Fayetteville, NC, we focus on fostering intellectual growth in financial literacy, professional development, business acumen, identity development, and community building.
Highlights of the program include:
The program is offered at no cost to participants. Use this link to fill out an application to be a part of the next TLEA cohort.
To wrap up the first day, attendees were able to meet up for a social event at the Brad Halling American Whiskey Ko. in Southern Pines where a $10,000 check was presented to the Joint Special Operations Foundation for their scholarship fund. Photo pr
The three-story, 200,000 square-foot business incubator space is located at 420 Maiden Lane. The building features an elevator, construction has begun on handicap bathrooms for the first floor and the second and third floors feature window walls offering views of Segra Stadium.
Image provided by FTCCFocused on building the local workforce and streamlining the education process through real world learning, the Hope, Opportunity, Prosperity through Education Program at Fayetteville Technical Community College (FTCC), also kno
