Breakout Session Description

From Garage to Global: YakAttack’s Blueprint for Manufacturing Excellence

Interview with Warren Reid, Owner of The Reid Executive Group

Not everyone has the privilege to travel the world so it is even more important for the ones that can to bring some of that knowledge and perspective back to their small towns for the greater benefit. This week, episode 8 of Entrepreneurship on the RISE Podcast is about present, community-centered leadership! 

CO.STARTERS Generator is a modular self-paced program that helps middle school, high school, and college students explore their passions through generating, testing, and launching ideas for businesses and social ventures. With the ability to participate individually or with a classroom or community group, CO.STARTERS Generator is a great way to inspire youth with the vision, enthusiasm, and tenacity needed to move from idea to action. 

In this episode of Entrepreneurship on the RISE Podcast, Jacob and Lauren, joined by their guest Warren Reid are sharing the ways in which Warren’s life growing up in an entrepreneurship family has led him to become a natural leader himself and the importance of being yourself and following your own path to success.

In this episode, we sat down with Warren Reid, the business owner behind The Reid Executive Group.

Key Takeaways

• How traveling the world has influenced his role as a community leader. 
• What it means to be a present leader and how that impacts the relationships you have with the people you serve.  
• Warren’s vision for what the future of Farmville and surrounding counties could look like if they came together to support one another. 
• Preparing our future leaders to be true to themselves, stand up for themselves, and follow their dreams without walking in someone else’s shadow. 
• Advice for entrepreneurs that isn’t taught in school and how the education system can improve to better prepare our future entrepreneurs.

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CONNECT WITH WARREN REID:

Website

Facebook

LinkedIn

Twitter

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Ecosystem Builder Interview with Tad Deriso of Mid-Atlantic Broadband & SOVA Innovation Hub

Connectivity is a key consideration when it comes to bringing new people, businesses, and job markets to the region and MBC works to do just that. That’s why episode 7 of Entrepreneurship on the RISE Podcast is about how MBC is allowing our region to get connected!

CO.STARTERS Generator is a modular self-paced program that helps middle school, high school, and college students explore their passions through generating, testing, and launching ideas for businesses and social ventures. With the ability to participate individually or with a classroom or community group, CO.STARTERS Generator is a great way to inspire youth with the vision, enthusiasm, and tenacity needed to move from idea to action. 

In this episode of Entrepreneurship on the RISE Podcast, Jacob and Lauren, joined by their guest Tad Deriso are sharing what you can expect to see from MBC in the near future and how learning from your mistakes not only allows you to grow as a person, but allows you to better provide for the communities you serve.

In this episode, we sat down with Tad Deriso, President & CEO of Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation and Board Chair of the SOVA Innovation Hub.

Podcast Episode Coming Soon

Key Takeaways

• The ways in which Tad’s role and the ecosystem has shifted during his time working with MBC. 
• How getting connected creates a pathway to bring jobs to the area. 
• What we cam expect to see in terms of universal broadband over the next 2-5 years. 
• What digital equity means for a community and how to get involved. 
• How MBC and Microsoft are coming together through the SOVA Innovation Hub to better serve the people in the region. 
• The skills and mindsets we should be instilling in our students to prepare them for the job market. 
• Learning to accept your mistakes in order to learn and grow from them.
  

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag us!  And don’t forget to follow, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!

CONNECT WITH TAD DERISO:

Linkedin 

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