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West Palm Beach Jumpstart Academy graduates expand small-business ventures
Summary
Three West Palm Beach municipal employees described how the mayor's Jumpstart Academy helped them refine pricing, finance and business-registration steps for their small enterprises, including a faith-based products line, a children's-book brand and a kids clothing line.
Three West Palm Beach municipal employees described how the mayor's Jumpstart Academy helped them grow and refine their small businesses, in a segment reported during a city commission meeting.
The Jumpstart Academy, a mayoral program that runs classes over roughly two months, taught participants practical steps such as pricing, basic finance and steps to register a limited liability company, the graduates said.
Deputy City Clerk Yoneek Watkins said her business, God’s Words to Me LLC, sells devotionals, prayer journals, children’s books and candles “that are all inscripted with, like, the…
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