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Bonus Episode 3: Featuring Season 1 Guests

In this episode, you'll hear from small business owners from our first season who make connecting with their community a top priority.

  • Small Business & Entrepreneurship
January 10, 2024
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Bonus Episode 1: Featuring Season 1 Guests

Learn how local entrepreneurs have leveraged the power of a Main Street community to establish, maintain, and grow their ventures.

  • Small Business & Entrepreneurship
December 20, 2023
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Jamie & Jerry Baker, Trendy Teachers

In this episode of Main Street Business Insights, Matt sits down with Jamie and Jerry Baker, co-owners and founders of Trendy Teachers, a teaching boutique and educational toy store located in downtown Rome, Georgia.

  • Small Business & Entrepreneurship
October 18, 2023
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Anette Soto Landeros, Casa Azul Coffee

In this episode of Main Street Business Insights, Matt sits down with Anette Soto Landeros, co-owner of Casa Azul Coffee and President and CEO of the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Fort Worth, Texas.

  • Small Business & Entrepreneurship
October 11, 2023
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Danny Reynolds, Stephenson’s Clothing

In this episode of Main Street Business Insights, Matt sits down with Danny Reynolds, owner and president of Stephenson’s of Elkhart, an independently owned high-end fashion retailer in downtown Elkhart, Indiana.

  • Small Business & Entrepreneurship
October 4, 2023
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Harvey Williams, Delta Dirt Distillery

In this episode, Matt sits down with Harvey Williams, Co-Founder and CEO of Delta Dirt Distillery in Helena, Arkansas. Delta Dirt Distillery is the only Black-owned farm-to-bottled distillery in the United States.

  • Small Business & Entrepreneurship
September 27, 2023
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Lindsay Goodson McDonald, Keith McDonald Plumbing

In this episode of the Main Street Business Insights podcast host Matt Wagner sat down with the CEO of Keith McDonald Plumbing in Milledgeville, Ga., Lindsay Goodson McDonald.

  • Small Business & Entrepreneurship
September 20, 2023
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Christina Hollerbach, Hollerbach’s German Restaurant

In this week’s episode of Main Street Business Insights, host Matt Wagner sat down with the CEO of Hollerbach’s German Restaurant in Sanford, Fla., Christina Hollerbach.

  • Small Business & Entrepreneurship
September 13, 2023
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The Barbershop Conversation Podcast Team

In this episode of Main Street Business Insights, host Matt Wagner sat down with The Barbershop Conversation podcast team, co-hosts Kenneth Bentley and Davion Hampton along with executive producer Emory Green Jr., in Goldsboro, Florida.

  • Small Business & Entrepreneurship
September 6, 2023
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Martha Moore and Ashley Owens, Martha & Ash Custom Drapery

In this week’s episode of Main Street Business Insights, host Matt Wagner sits down with mother-daughter duo, Martha Moore and Ashley Owens, co-owners and founders of the custom drapery business Martha & Ash in downtown Camden, South Carolina.

  • Small Business & Entrepreneurship
August 30, 2023
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