EPISODE 5 In this Special Edition episode of Breaking Down Barriers, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, host David Ponraj has an in-depth and raw conversation with guest Johnny Crowder, entrepreneur and founder of Cope Notes, and advocate for mental health....
EPISODE 4 In this episode, host David Ponraj talks with Danny McDonald, SBA Expert for Listo SBA, who specializes in 7(a) loans to finance Working Capital, Debt Refinance, Business Acquisitions, Building Acquisitions, Partner Buyouts and more. McDonald talks about the...
Economic Development Organizations and Their Needs For economic development organizations (EDOs), it has become increasingly important to provide opportunities and resources for entrepreneurs to grow and maintain their businesses. Local small businesses are critical...
I asked Chat GPT -4 what ecosystem mapping was. I did so because I wanted to understand how the internet now describes a task that has become synonymous in some circles with creating a map of the resources in a community to help startups, small businesses, and...
Entrepreneurship-led Economic Development (ELED) is a series of steps taken to develop an economy and generate revenue for a region through new business starts and existing business growth. It is an approach employed to drive economic growth and create new jobs...
