I’m excited to share that I’ve been selected for JAX Bridges Fall 2026 Cohort 25 — Morning Group!
But there’s a little more to this story. I am already a JAX Bridges graduate. Check me out here with my Jax Bridges coin which is a prize keepsake from the program. It indicates you met the requirements for graduation. You are given it during the graduation.
I completed the program before the enhanced AI component was added. When I learned that the program had evolved and now included a greater focus on AI, I saw an opportunity to go back not to repeat what I had already learned, but to continue building on it.
Because entrepreneurship doesn’t stand still and neither can we.
Going Back With a Different Perspective
When I participated in JAX Bridges the first time, I was at a different place in my entrepreneurial journey in Jacksonville.
Since then, I’ve continued building It’$ My Money, expanding our financial education work and learning firsthand what it takes to grow a business in Jax while staying focused on its mission.
Now I’m returning with more experience on how to navigate her and more questions, and a clearer vision for where I want the business to go.
One of those questions is:
How can I use AI strategically not just because it is the latest technology, but because it can help me build a better business?
AI is changing how small businesses approach marketing, content creation, productivity, customer engagement, research, and operations. I’m already using AI in different ways, but I want to continue learning how to use it more intentionally.
For me, technology should support the mission not become the mission.
This is a snippet of the email informing me I was selected
The Other Reason I’m Going Back which I am equally excited about:
The people.
Entrepreneurship can sometimes put you in your own little world. You are focused on your customers, your goals, your next project, and the never-ending list of things that need to get done.
Being part of Cohort 25 gives me another opportunity to step outside of that world and connect with other Jacksonville small business owners.
🌻I want to hear what they’re building.
🌻 I want to learn from entrepreneurs in industries completely different from mine.
🌻 I want to exchange ideas, resources, lessons learned, and maybe even create opportunities for collaboration.
Because sometimes the most valuable thing you gain from a program isn’t found in the curriculum.
It’s the relationships you build while you’re there.
One of the things I believe about entrepreneurship is that you should never stop being a student.
Yes, I’ve built a businesses.
Yes, I’ve gained experience.
Yes, I’ve been through JAX Bridges before.
And I still have more to learn.
That’s why I’m excited to return.
I’m walking into Cohort 25 differently than I walked into my first JAX Bridges experience. I know more about my business. I know more about how to navigate in Jacksonville.
But I’m also walking in curious. Ready to listen. Ready to connect. Ready to challenge some of the ways my team and I have been doing things.
Sometimes growth isn’t about finding a completely new room. Sometimes it’s about returning to a familiar room as a different entrepreneur.
So here’s to JAX Bridges Cohort 25.
I’m ready to learn, connect, apply, and grow.
And if you’re part of Cohort 25 with me, come say hello. I’d love to know what you’re building.
P.s. this was a program I shared with each of you during the monthly emails on the 15th.
