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The Country’s First Native American Woman-Owned Brewery in the U.S. Doesn’t Want to Be Its Last

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Missy Begay, who has Diné heritage (the term many Navajo people prefer to describe themselves) founded Bow & Arrow in 2016. They set out to simply make great beer, but in starting Bow & Arrow, they founded the first Native American woman-owned brewery in the U.S. and faced down stereotypes about who helms breweries.

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A Love Story of Tea and Business

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In addition to leadership roles in the greater Tampa Bay community, Kelly is also a member of Specialty Tea Institute, US League of Tea Growers, and is a Tea Mastermind. In 2016, with a desire in their hearts to do more for their community, they took the ultimate step and became business owners.

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El Pollo Loco’s Pledge and techtown Refresh

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MRM Franchise Feed: Wing Zone Revitalization and Real Food BK

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-January 2020 Edition

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Tyga Bites and Sushi with an Attitude

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“This alignment, along with TouchBistro’s global market leadership and powerhouse team of restaurant industry veterans, represents a great opportunity to get the proprietary capabilities we’ve built into our guest retention solution into the hands of significantly more restaurants.” ” Tyga Bites Launches.