News Information

• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: Oct 01, 2015
• Views : 705
• Category : Diaspora News
• Description : The Haitian Times
  September 30, 2015
• Location : Brooklyn, NY, United States
• Website : http://haitiantimes.com/designer-vicki-sylvain-wins-first-ever-powerup-kreyol-business-plan-competition-12825/

Overview

• The PowerUp! Kreyol Business Plan Competition announced it’s first ever winner on Monday, Sept. 28 and she’s from the fashion world!. Vicki Sylvain, designer of the Shoe-B, snagged the $5,000 grand prize followed by 2nd and 3rd place winners Nathalie Guillaume of Healing Happy Hour, and Hardy Hyppolite of Kreyol Kwizin. Sylvain was one out of 14 contestants vying for the prize.
  
  Her business plan, product and message captivated the business minds and plucked the philanthropic hearts strings of the judges. Here’s why:
  
  Q&A
  
  Haitian Times Style: How does it feel to be the very first winner of the Power Up Kreyol business plan competition?
  
  Vicki Sylvain: Words can’t express how excited I am to be the first winner of a competition set in place to build the Haitian community. I am certain that I am making my ancestors proud. I feel proud.
  
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