Start Dakota
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…
Read MoreEpisode 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…
Read MoreEpisode 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…
Read MoreEpisode 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…
Read MoreStart 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…
Read MoreEpisode 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.…
Read MoreEpisode 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…
Read MoreEpisode 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…
Read MoreEpisode 3: Supporting Women In Entrepreneurship
Megan Bartel, Executive Director of Women’s Programming at EmBe and Brienne Maner, Executive Director of Startup Sioux Falls discuss the complexity of supporting women and families while accounting for individual…
Read MoreEpisode 1: Supporting Communities of Starters with Jose Alfaro
In our first episode of Start Dakota, Brienne Maner, Executive Director of Startup Sioux Falls and Jose Alfaro, CEO of CO.STARTERS discuss the impact that CO.STARTERS has on supporting communities…
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