Gratitude to DoorDash, Kansas City’s small business owners can keep going. This popular food delivery platform in the United States and other major destinations worldwide has launched a program that can breathe life into the economy of the City of Fountains again.
Of course, the platform is oh-so-delighted with their new venture. Its social impact and community management leader has emphasized that this program has gone through years, perhaps decades, across the line. They have supported various other businesses, but this is a milestone for DoorDash.
Each business that has been the recipient of this program is now receiving a grant amounting to $5,000, around three months of business education, and personalized mentorship for enhancing their efforts for their consumers and stakeholders.
Could you believe this campaign has also inspired businesses to collaborate? This is proven by this company named Soda Pop Graphics, which discussed how tailored marketing strategies work.
Its founder, who also contributes to the program’s goals, Kamia Kindle, stated, “One thing that I’ve been sharing with a couple of our clients right now is that peer pressure and marketing are real. That’s not how it works in marketing. It’s what works for you.”
Here’s another business that also benefited from this support: CrossFirstBank. Its community development director, Theodis Watson, learned relationship-building and financial literacy via this collaboration.
He shared how this is never “rocket science, but all about education,” going further by saying that big banks just do is “roll up their sleeves and become comfortable” with their peers plus partners, too. It’s part of the ecosystem, for him. Who knows?
This reward also recognizes how important it is to decorate what they have gotten. Pathway Financial Education, situated at Kansas City’s major thoroughfares, would like to host in-person events that instruct on budgeting, grant application, guidance, and long-term financing.
The Pathway testimonials are real, so real. The company’s executive director, Latasha Jacobs, shared that they are looking forward to seeing their stakeholders learn how to “apply the funds properly” or use them to leverage their future undertakings.
For others, it’s about going above and beyond what’s on the table. Tanyech Yarbrough, who owns Jamaican-Liberian restaurant Wah Gwan, said the program represents the chance to step things up and take their cultural mission to whole new levels.
“We are using food as a way to really educate and share [culture, and we’ve been] open now for four and a half years,” Yarbrough shared. “I’m always like a sponge, the more that you’re open about your business, people are willing to give you information, and I’m just taking it all in.”
Here is some pertinent information about this groundbreaking program. There are a series of cohorts, with several other companies that made it to the initial cohort, from Fifth & Emergy Frozen Yogurt & Chocolate to Zero Zero Handmade Pasta. Ridesharing media are suggesting there could be more.
The local government in Kansas City is happy about this incredible project, saying DoorDash is “like manna from heaven,” noting that it is a great program that links talented entrepreneurs with promising opportunities.
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