tenth small business grant

Chocolate Lushes specializes in gourmet chocolate gifts, trays, baskets and party favors. Their most popular product is chocolate covered mini cake bites that come in many different flavors.

Information from her grant application is available here. Read below for more, and if you have questions for our semi-finalists don't hesitate to ask them in the comments section.

ReDunJeans gives a new life for old jeans: I turn old jeans into fashionable and fun handbags, totes, clutches, checkbook covers and more. I recycle the jeans by using all parts; top part for the bag, legs for the handles, bottoms and additional pockets.

Information from her grant application is available here. Read below for more, and if you have questions for our semi-finalists don't hesitate to ask them in the comments section.

Custom Flipz gives low income individuals and families the chance to custom design a rental property with the option to buy. They believe if a person feels that they helped create the design they will feel more obligated to better maintain the property. This could in the long run help maintain neighborhoods property value and help less fortunate people feel that to can have "a piece of the American pie."

Information from her grant application is available here. Read below for more, and if you have questions for our semi-finalists don't hesitate to ask them in the comments section.

Lache' is a fashion forward clothing line that caters to the sophisticated, urban man and woman. It is a mix of cultures and enables one to capitalize on where they have come from with the world of European and Cotoure fashion.

Information from her grant application is available here. Read below for more, and if you have questions for our semi-finalists don't hesitate to ask them in the comments section.

M & J's Cooling Inc offers quality heating and airconditioning solutions. They take care of all the heating and cooling needs of their clients, including making your existing system run more efficiently.

Information from her grant application is available here. Read below for more, and if you have questions for our semi-finalists don't hesitate to ask them in the comments section.

Prairie Essence LLC promotes healthy skin and a healthy environment through the use of its own hand crafted natural skin care products. Formulated using only renewable plant source ingredients and enhanced with prairie botanicals, these products nourish and promote healthy skin. Being packaged in post consumer and totally recyclable containers, Prairie Essence exhibits its great care and concern of the Earth.

Information from her grant application is available here. Read below for more, and if you have questions for our semi-finalists don't hesitate to ask them in the comments section.

Today, we are thrilled to officially open the 10th Idea Café Small Business Grant, sponsored by Liquid Web Inc. The entrepreneur, who comes on top in the competition against thousands of other small business owners, will receive a $1,000.00 check, heaps of free publicity and national recognition.

This Grant is all about getting entrepreneurs to take steps toward living their dream and pursuing new heights. In a search for the most creative small business idea, the contest is designed to spur the imagination and spirit of entrepreneurism.