08/26/2010
Shawan East, president and founder of East Environmental, was featured in The Post-Standard in May. He won first place in the Entrepreneurial Assistance Program 's Business Plan Awards sponsored by the South Side Innovation.
It takes nerve to launch a new business during the middle of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Shawan East, 35, chalks up his confidence to his days as an athlete in high school and college. On the field, an athlete takes risks, said East, owner and founder of East Environmental ...
