Breaking Down Barriers Podcast
The Breaking Down Barriers podcast explores the opportunity to build wealth in local, regional, and national economies through entrepreneurship-led economic development. Episodes feature changemakers with innovative approaches to empowering people to start businesses that create wealth for their families and improve outcomes for their communities. Conversations highlight work being done in communities across the US to break down barriers to entrepreneurial opportunity in underserved and underrepresented communities. In this series, we share authentic stories about the impact that entrepreneurship-led economic development has on the local economy and connect a global network of passionate economic developers.
Recent episodes
SEASON 4, EPISODE 16 How Collaboration and Investment in Entrepreneurs Drive Economic Growth: A Conversation with CO.STARTERS CEO Jose Alfaro In this episode, host...
SEASON 4, EPISODE 11 Revitalizing Main Street America Through Small Business Stories: A Conversation with Matt Wagner, Ph.D In this episode, host David Ponraj speaks...
SEASON 4, EPISODE 11 Tarsha Hearns on Driving Economic Opportunity for Diverse Entrepreneurs in Dallas The Dallas Entrepreneurs Center (DEC) is on a mission to...
SEASON 4, EPISODE 12 Unlocking Hidden Talent: A Guide to Transformative Workforce Development EIC hosted an empowering webinar on Thursday, August 10th that highlighted...
SEASON 4, EPISODE 12 Bridging the Capital Gap: Innovative Solutions for Equitable Entrepreneurial Funding in Dallas In 2022, we partnered with The DEC Network to...
SEASON 4, EPISODE 11 Leslie Lynn Smith on Justice, Equity, and Community Impact in Ecosystem Building In this episode, show host David Ponraj speaks with Leslie Lynn...
EPISODE 10 In this episode, show host David Ponraj and special guest Evan Adams examine the Dallas College Venture Club and Dallas College with Cristin Thomas, Senior...
EPISODE 9 In this episode, host David Ponraj is joined by Melissa Roberts Chapman. Melissa leads Federation of American Scientists regional entrepreneurship and...
EPISODE 8 In this captivating episode, host David Ponraj is joined by Sharon Nichols, State Director at the Mississippi Small Business Development Center. The...
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