by David Ponraj | Jul 20, 2021 | Breaking Down Barriers
EPISODE 19 How to Get Partnerships and Ecosystem Mapping Right – This week’s episode is about the value of helping people to believe entrepreneurship is for them, the challenges of effective ecosystem mapping, and what bartending has to teach us about the...
by David Ponraj | Jul 12, 2021 | Breaking Down Barriers
EPISODE 18 Why Building an Inclusive Ecosystem Requires “Getting Proximal” – Evan Fay leads the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber’s holistic strategy to serve entrepreneurs through creation of, and investment in, programs and infrastructure. He...
by David Ponraj | Jul 6, 2021 | Breaking Down Barriers
EPISODE 17 Educator and Evangelist for Under-Serviced Entrepreneurs – For Darlisa Diltz, opening her own center to provide other entrepreneurs with training and access to resources was a personal challenge. Serving the broader Dallas-Fort Worth metro area,...
by David Ponraj | Jun 28, 2021 | Breaking Down Barriers
EPISODE 16 Solving the Five Barriers to Entrepreneurship – Guest host Jacqui Dietrich of EIC is joined by Allen Woods, Executive Director and Co-founder of MORTAR, a nonprofit organization founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2014. Woods describes the five...
by David Ponraj | Jun 21, 2021 | Breaking Down Barriers
EPISODE 15 How to Advance Economic Prosperity and Reverse the Climate Crisis – Host David Ponraj sits down with David Kenney, Executive Director of VertueLab, to discuss entrepreneurial solutions at the intersection of economic recovery and climate change. They...
by David Ponraj | Jun 14, 2021 | Breaking Down Barriers
EPISODE 14 Building Trusted Connections – In this episode of Breaking Down Barriers, guest host Jacqui Dietrich of EIC is joined by Sarah Siders, Executive Director of Spark (Manhattan, KS), a nonprofit organization with a vision to “connect, resource,...
