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“The cohort itself was amazing. Just the people in there, the connection alone goes a long way..." — Shavanna Spratt, Neighborhood Leadership fellow Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American Even after nine months of leadership training through the Neighborhood Leadership Fellows, Shavanna Spratt says she still feels like an ordinary, everyday person. The difference now is she’s prepared and ready to take action to make Ferguson a better place.  “I think that's what makes my situation even more special, because that's kind of where I am n...

Individuals from -- tony shellman who ended up going on to launch several brands. april walker, and i can go on and on and on. >> we wanted to get into the denim business, and we did our research and found out that guess and jer bow was manufacturing in california. a friend of mine found a manufacturer manufacturing guess. he flew me out here. we didn't really know it that well. bunch of people were walking away. one guy says, you want me to -- you pay me more money? he spoke english. just kind of was our link to everyone. a guy named juan, he put us up on the denim spot, showed us where to ge...

Like wait a minute, i want to shine, too. i need some bright colors. >> it became clothing for everyone. it was celebrities loved it because we embraced celebrities. we embraced the music artists. never was there a company that reached out to artists and said wear my clothes. i think we were the first to do it. so we were definitely on to it. >> cross colors within four years went from zero to $100 million. so the success of cross colors then birthed a series of other entrepreneurs that decide we want to create our own brands, too. so out of cross colors came this phenomenal group of individua...