Glendale Community College student entrepreneurs earn seed funding for business

Kaitlyn Benincosa and Fahad Shakir, from Glendale Community College, have each been awarded $2.500 from the Everyday Entrepreneurship Venture Fund.

Benincosa and Shakir received the $2,500 seed funding for their business concepts.

The two student-entrepreneurs will also receive ongoing mentoring and advising from the Maricopa Small Business Development Center as well as Glendale Community College faculty and staff.

GCC has a main campus at 6000 W. Olive Ave., and a north campus at 5727 W. Happy Valley Road.

Benincosa is opening Belle Botanical & Creations, a business that creates permanent flowers and floral arrangements for weddings and events. Shakir is expanding an existing business, Falafel Avenue, a mobile vegan food concept.

Everyday Entrepreneurship Venture Fund (EEVF) is a program created by the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) to help community college students…

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