MillerCoors granted $125,000 to four small business owners through its MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Series (MUES). The grand prize winner, Ola Ayeni, CEO of Dining Dialog, which helps food and beverage companies grow their customer base, received a $50,000 investment grant and three runners-up will receive $25,000 each.

The ultimate goal of the MUES program is to create a pipeline of potential MillerCoors suppliers. Supplier diversity, community investment and economic empowerment are priorities for MillerCoors. The brewer has set a target to cumulatively spend more than $2.5 billion with minority-owned and women-owned suppliers by 2015. The complete listing of this year’s winners follows:

• Ola Ayeni │$50,000
  Dining Dialog – Bolingbrook, IL
  Dining Dialogue is an innovative business that helps food and beverage companies increase revenue, through a mix of effectively proven customer acquisition and retention marketing programs.
• Sulaiman Sanni and Benjamin Lamson │$25,000
  WeDidIt – Brooklyn, NY
  WeDidIt is a web-based, online crowd-funding platform, allowing organizations to raise money, reach new donors and increase their exposure, at a lower cost than any other method in use today.
• Roberto Torres, Michael Gil, Luis Montañez, and Christopher Findeisen│$25,000
  Black and Denim Apparel – Tampa, FL
  Black and Denim is an apparel brand with roots in American heritage principles: hard work and functionality where “Made in America” is not a slogan, but a way of business.
• Jamien Sills, Gwendolyn Tucker, Ricky Tucker, Tracy Bryant, Christopher Lee│$25,000
  Neimaj – Memphis, TN
  Neimaj produces evolutionary footwear for the everyday hero, focusing on 360˚ protection safetywear, as well as ecofriendly footwear without the use harmful chemicals and adhesives.

For more information about the winners and the program, visit www.MillerCoorsMUES.com.