A job layoff leads Hispanic family into filling needs in the community with help of the TROY Small Business Development Center
October 02, 2026
October 02, 2026
TROY, Alabama, Oct. 2 -- Troy University issued the following news:
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A job layoff leads Hispanic family into filling needs in the community with help of the TROY Small Business Development Center
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For Gilberto Laines and Jocabet Cortes, entrepreneurship did not begin with a business plan, a loan or even the certainty that they would one day own a business. It began with work.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Laines was laid off . . .
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A job layoff leads Hispanic family into filling needs in the community with help of the TROY Small Business Development Center
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For Gilberto Laines and Jocabet Cortes, entrepreneurship did not begin with a business plan, a loan or even the certainty that they would one day own a business. It began with work.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Laines was laid off . . .