Blog: Inner City 100
Daddy’s Family Recipe Cooks Up Success for Restaurant Business and its Milwaukee Neighborhood
Cooking is in Benjamin Smith’s blood. Following in the footsteps of his father, he spent many years working in restaurants and hotels, but it was the opportunity to help rebuild the community he loves that helped him find his life’s passion. “We had prostitution, drug activity, a lot of gangs,” Benjamin ... Read More
Doing Well and Doing Good: 2020 Inner City 100 Winner Cube Care grows as an industry and community leader
As a BIPOC, woman, and immigrant, Susana Robledo faced many systemic challenges on her path to entrepreneurship. Yet, the Founder and CEO of Miami-based Cube Care, did not allow those challenges to deter her determination to succeed. Susana was driven to create a business that not only prospered financially, but ... Read More
WATCH Stories of Resilience: Blaisdell’s Business Products
This story is the first in a series of Stories of Resilience that demonstrate the generosity, creativity and community-building spirit that countless ICIC alumni have shown during the COVID-19 pandemic. Blaisdell’s Business Products has been delivering office supplies and support to communities for over 70 years. What originally started as a small retail ... Read More
Lifting Community with a Taste of Home
This piece originally appeared in our 2018 Inner City Capital Connections Impact Report. Vanessa Faggiolly doesn’t know the meaning of defeat. Starting from nothing, she’s been able to attain a piece of the American dream. Armed with resilience, a deep love for her family, and a lasting connection to her homeland, Vanessa Faggiolly ... Read More
Opinion: Why it Pays to Embrace Rebel Talent
Stephen Rosa is a 2012 Inner City 100 alumnus and award recipient. He currently serves as CEO/chief creative officer of (add)ventures and is an Emmy-winning writer/producer. This blog was written in response to his experience in the Inner City 100 program from 2007 to 2012. Read More