{"id":945,"date":"2020-09-10T18:05:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T22:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibba.org\/insights\/?p=945"},"modified":"2020-09-11T11:48:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T15:48:44","slug":"minority-business-owners-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibba.org\/insights\/minority-business-owners-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Minority Business Owners: Part 3 \u2013 Tempagenix: Going from a Startup to a $3M Business Overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Already business owners themselves, Shelly Heller and April Pollock saw an opportunity to partner together on a new, woman-owned joint venture. They never imagined the need and demand they could fulfill until COVID-19 hit turning the company into a multi-million dollar company!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a success story you don\u2019t want to miss!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Host<\/strong>: Cress V. 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