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HoCo Community Chat
HoCo Community Chat provides Howard County (MD) residents with fresh and timely content about how to live their best lives in Howard County.
Hosted by Jackie Scott, Director, Howard County Department of Community Resources and Services (DCRS), HoCo Community Chat is a new and entertaining way for DCRS to communicate with residents and present them with great conversations on how to grow and thrive and live with dignity in Howard County.
HoCo Community Chat
HoCo Community Chat Jan '25 - Supporting Entrepreneurs
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
License code: KG2VKDXFELLJ9UIK
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