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Start Dakota episode 9

CO.STARTERS Feature: The Entrepreneurial Journey

David Clifford and Brienne Maner discuss the entrepreneurial journey, mentorship and more. Facebook  Instagram LinkedIn Address: 100 E 6th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57104
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Start Dakota Episode 8

Episode 8 CO.STARTERS FEATURE: A Starter’s Origin Story

Amy Pokela, founder of AMPO, shares her CO.STARTERS experience, her origin story and where she plans to take her business in the future.         YouTube Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Address: 100 E 6th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57104
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Episode 7: CO.STARTERS FEATURE – Creating A Space For Women to Flourish

Jackie Wilson, founder of Who I Am In Christ share her passion for supporting other women and how it inspired her to start her own business. She also talks about her experience with the CO.STARTERS program facilitated by one of our spoke organizations, Embe.
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Episode 6: An Interview With A CO.STARTERS Alumni

CO.STARTERS graduate, Kendra Cersosimo, shares her experience of going through our accelerator program and taking her business full-time. Hear what she has to say and learn more about the value entrepreneurs get out of our CO.STARTERS program.
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Start Dakota Episode 5

Episode 5: Bolstering Entrepreneurial Development in the Lakota Community With Ryan Hussman

Ryan Hussman, Social Enterprise Coordinator at Thunder Valley CDC (formerly) and Brienne Maner, President at Startup Sioux Falls, discuss their passion for supporting entrepreneurs and small business owners in their communities along with the challenges that come with it.
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Start Dakota, Episode 4: Supporting New American Business Owners with Laura Smith-Hill

Listen and Subscribe In Episode 4 of the Start Dakota podcast, Startup Sioux Falls' president, Brienne Maner, sits down with Laura Smith-Hill of Lutheran Social Services (LSS) and the Center for New Americans. They kick the conversation off by discussing an anecdote Maner had run across which posited that immigrants ...
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Episode 4: Supporting New American Business Owners, Feat. Laura Smith-Hill

Episode 4: Supporting New American Business Owners

In Episode 4 of the Start Dakota podcast, Startup Sioux Falls' president, Brienne Maner, sits down with Laura Smith-Hill of Lutheran Social Services (LSS) and the Center for New Americans. Learn more about Lutheran Social Services at https://lsssd.org/.  Submit an interest form for CO.STARTERS: www.startupsiouxfalls.com/accelerator/  CO.STARTERS Challenge: Alternatives Complete your ...
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Episode 1: Supporting Communities of Starters with Jose Alfaro

Listen and Subscribe On the first episode of the Start Dakota podcast, Startup Sioux Falls' executive director, Brienne Maner, sits down with Jose Alfaro, CEO of CO.STARTERS.  The Startup Sioux Falls team first met Alfaro in May 2022 for a CO.STARTERS community training as part of the newly-launched SBA Community ...
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Building communities of rural founders

Episode 2: Building Communities of Rural Founders featuring Paula Jensen

In Start Dakota episode 2, "Building Communities of Rural Founders," Paula Jensen, Vice President of Program Development & Community Coach at Dakota Resources and Brienne Maner, Executive Director of Startup Sioux Falls, discuss empowering rural founders through their partnership, which is made possible by the SBA Community Navigator Pilot Program. ...
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