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PLACE Builders Mentor Sammy Popat

August 28, 2024 | By

Nutishia Lee

This spotlight is part of the “PLACE Builders mentors” series. Learn more about mentor Sammy Popat.

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PLACE Builders Mentor Tasha Sams

August 28, 2024 | By

Nutishia Lee

This spotlight is part of the “PLACE Builders mentors” series. Learn more about mentor Tasha Sams.

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PLACE Builders: The Seed Planted by Pava LaPere

June 21, 2024 | By

Kevin Carter, Director of Business Development for EcoMap Technologies and Co-Director of the PLACE Builders fellowship program

With the inaugural cohort for the PLACE Builders fellowship program set to wrap this upcoming weekend, I’ve found myself grappling with a rhetorical question: how did we get here...

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E3 Durham: Leveraging Federal Dollars to Catalyze Durham County ARPA Investment in a Small Business Support Ecosystem

June 7, 2024 | By

Stacey Williams, Senior Director of Impact and Assessment

In 2021, the U.S. Small Business Administration funded the Equity for Every Entrepreneur (E3) Durham program through the Community Navigator Pilot Program (CNPP). The CNPP uses a hub-spoke model,...

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