“I just want to be an example of being tied to community and really valuing people.” - Deidra Harper
On this week's episode, guest host Jalynn Baker is joined by Deidra Harper of Elite Facility Maintenance and The Women LLC. You’ll hear from Diedre about growing up in an entrepreneurial family and discovering her place in the family legacy. We also dig into what she has learned about learning to ask for help and how to implement good advice, along with her passion for community engagement.
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100Knoxville is a business accelerator program from the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center with a goal of growing Black-owned businesses in Knoxville by $10,000,000 over 5 years through investment of time and talent, and access to social, political, and financial capital.
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