DT #686 How Data, Technology, and AI Are Transforming Entrepreneurship
Develop This: Economic and Community Development

DT #686 How Data, Technology, and AI Are Transforming Entrepreneurship

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 23, 202640 min
  • Interview
  • Business & money

How can communities build entrepreneurial ecosystems that create lasting economic opportunity? In this episode of Develop This!, Dennis Fraise sits down with David Ponraj, Founder and CEO of Economic Impact Catalyst, to discuss his journey from immigrant entrepreneur to economic development leader and his mission to help communities build thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems. David shares how his experiences shaped his passion for creating pathways to prosperity and explains why supporting entrepreneurs is one of the most effective ways to drive long-term economic growth. He emphasizes that successful ecosystems go beyond programs—they connect people, resources, and op...

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Welcome to Develop This, the number one podcast for economic and community development professionals with your host, Dennis Frazee. Welcome back to another edition of Develop This podcast is Dennis and another great special guest joining me today and that is David Ponrage and he's the founder and CEO of Economic

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Impact Catalyst, EIC. So David, welcome to Develop This. Thank you. Thank you, Dennis. I love your podcast and I've heard a whole bunch of them. So I'm excited to be on. Thank you for having me. Well, you're very kind. I appreciate that. And so, hey, let's, today we're going to

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talk about building entrepreneurial ecosystems that create opportunity for everyone. Before we get into that, tell me a little bit about Economic Impact Catalyst and our listeners that may not be familiar with your company. Yeah. So I'm a first and foremost, a small business owner. And when I started

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