by David Ponraj | Mar 14, 2022 | Breaking Down Barriers
EPISODE 2 Access to Capital – On this week’s episode economic opportunity champion Demetra Brown shares her journey to disrupt silos in the interest of better serving entrepreneurs in Dallas, Texas. As Senior Director with The DEC Network, Brown oversees the...
by David Ponraj | Jan 31, 2022 | Breaking Down Barriers
EPISODE 1 A budding entrepreneur recently told Lyneir Richardson that “the 5 Cs of Credit are discriminatory.” In 2022, Mr. Richardson believes that the clarion call for economic developers is how to address and change the systems in a way that makes entrepreneurship...
by David Ponraj | Dec 6, 2021 | Breaking Down Barriers
EPISODE 29 In this episode, on Breaking Down Barriers, host David Ponraj has a conversation with Dr. Saras Sarasvathy, esteemed Professor of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Ethics at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. She is a leading scholar on the...
by David Ponraj | Nov 29, 2021 | Breaking Down Barriers
EPISODE 28 Show host, David Ponraj, recently sat down with a group of esteemed panelists, as part of a virtual webinar series hosted by Startup Space. The panelists include economic development and entrepreneurship support organization leaders in Florida, Illinois,...
by David Ponraj | Nov 22, 2021 | Breaking Down Barriers
EPISODE 27 Show host, David Ponraj, recently sat down with Ian Hathaway, co-author of The Startup Community Way, and VP of Capital at Techstars, as part of a virtual webinar series hosted by Startup Space. Hathaway is an investor, author, strategic advisor, and data...
by David Ponraj | Nov 8, 2021 | Breaking Down Barriers, Essentials of Entrepreneurship-Led Economic Development, Leveraging Data & Technology
EPISODE 26 Dr. Dell Gines, CEcD, on the Role of Data Dr. Dell Gines is a national thought leader in local economic growth, a Certified Economic Developer, and a Lead Community Development Advisor at the Omaha Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, where he...
