When a resident comes to our doors needing some type of human services assistance, we find they often need more… and that more is often tied to work and/or or education. So today, we’re going to talk about the intersection of human services and our business community.

Our three guests all have ties to our Howard County Economic Development Authority (EDA): Jennifer Jones, CEO, Kierra Kimmie, director of strategic outreach, and one of EDA’s incubator businesses, Team Worx Security, represented by Chris Anthony, founder and CEO.

Time Stamps:

SB, topic and guest introduction 0:00

What is EDA and Jennifer’s journey to her current role 3:55

Community partnership and entrepreneurship and Kierra’s journey to her role 6:40

TeamWorks Security and Chris’ journey 9:45

The impact of having support when going into entrepreneurship 11:44

What is an incubator 13:12

Meeting community where they are 14:45

How is EDA supporting diverse entrepreneurs in our county 17:49

BREAK 22:01

Second half welcome 23: 10

Howard County as a technology hub 24:05

The vision around cybersecurity for Howard County and international efforts around it 27:00

Businesses after the pandemic, the role of EDA, and AI 30:10

Closing thoughts and messages from our guests 35:28

Jackie’s closing message 38:45

Music Credit

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/fly

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