The MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Series (MUES) Business Plan competition comes to an end by honoring five exemplary small businesses owners. The final MUES business competition, which has granted more than $1.9 million dollars in its 13-year history, awarded the following businesses owners with $160,000 in business grants:
Lauren Miller and Jason Brein-$50,000
Excelgrade-Atlanta, GA (www.excelegrade.com)
Gabriel Munoz and Raul Dura-$35,000
Hispanic Employee Recruiting Online-Overland Park, KS (www.hirebilinguals.com)
Tinia Pina-$25,000
Re-Nuble, Inc.,-Lorton, VA (www.re-nuble.com)
Ben Silbert and Mac Tichner-$25,000
Bar and Club States-New York, NY (www.barandclubstarts.com)
Santiago Halty-$25,000
Senda Athletics-Berkeley, CA (www.sendaathletics.com)
The winners were presented with their respective business grants at a special reception on Thursday, April 25 at MillerCoors corporate headquarters in Chicago, IL.
The MUES business plan competition was established in 1999 as a valuable resource for entrepreneurs to grow their businesses, create jobs and make a powerful impact in their communities. This year it will turn the page and evolve into “Tap the Future,” a Miller Lite-branded program that will bring great friends and business partners together to compete for a prize pool of $400,000. Tap the Future is slated to launch in the summer of 2013.
