Basketball Hall of Famer Sidney Moncrief hosts entrepreneurship forum, birthday celebration at Little Rock ice cream shop

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Basketball Hall of Famer and Little Rock native Sidney Moncrief hosted a Moncrief Game Changer Inc. Entrepreneurship Forum on Monday that also doubled as a birthday celebration for he and former Hog teammate Marvin Delph.

The forum, which was attended by owners of various small businesses in central Arkansas, was hosted at Scoops Homemade Ice Cream in downtown Little Rock.

“I love coming to these forums,” Jushun Blackmon, owner of pro basketball team the Little Rock Lightning, stated. “It’s been amazing just connecting with Mr. Moncrief, who has so much wisdom not only with basketball, which we connect on, but also with business.”

Moncrief said that the forum is a monthly initiative that brings together eight to twelve entrepreneurs from central Arkansas to meet, and it provides “a safe space to talk about the joy and the pain of entrepreneurship.”

“They are very important to our community in a number of ways,” Moncrief said. “What we try to do is try to provide for them, not only education as it relates to entrepreneurship and leadership, but also in opportunity to support one another with their businesses.”

One forum member in attendance was Brittany Wolfe, owner of Painting with a Twist West Little Rock, who said that the forums provide a way to brainstorm alongside other professionals to help her business.

“I would say just being able to share ideas, especially in the marketing realm, I feel like that is definitely one area where I’m always trying to improve,” Wolfe said. “It’s just really nice to see how other professionals are doing it.”

Troy Baker, owner of Troy Baker Photography said that his favorite part about the forum is networking and making new friends.

“It gives you an opportunity to network with other business owners,” Baker said. “Everything is not about money, it’s about networking, it’s about contacts and getting to meet people and getting to know people.”

For more information about the forum, Moncrief Game Changer Inc. or how to begin a career as an entrepreneur, visit SidneyMoncrief.com .

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