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Podcast Episode 67 - How to Build a Business Accelerator in Your Small Town With Jana Sanchez

Her accelerator is comprehensive executive education that is helping her mountain tourist town's businesses to expand.

Dane Carlson
Dane Carlson
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Podcast Episode 67 - How to Build a Business Accelerator in Your Small Town With Jana Sanchez

If you want to see BR&E program that consists of more than just being a connector of information and contacts for your businesses, this is the episode for you.

In this episode, Jana Sanchez walks us through the ins and outs of the Business Accelerator Services of Estes (BASE) Program at the Estes Park EDC. The BASE Program is a 6-month intensive dive into building and growing your business, helping leaders in three core areas - Leadership, Operations, and Innovation.

Existing businesses need executive education to grow and expand. Therefore, this should be an essential function of your business retention and expansion programs.

Her accelerator is comprehensive executive education that is helping her mountain tourist town's businesses to expand.  But not just that – her program can show positive, concrete results that lift the profile of her EDC in the community, and raise more money.

The episode contains great insights and success stories from Estes Park, Colorado.

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