DALLAS, May 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Recently, Woodforest National Bank® (Woodforest) shared insights from its award-winning Woodforest FoundrySM program collaborating with North Texas Entrepreneur Education and Training Center And Southern Dallas Progress Community Development Corporation with over 80+ aspiring entrepreneurs in South Dallas, Texas. This program from Woodforest Foundry in South Dallas started with an open community launch event called Entrepreneurship 4 AllSM which demystifies entrepreneurship through candid conversations with successful entrepreneurs in the community and helped recruit participants for a three-week series of educational ideation workshops called Ideas 2 Action. These immersive workshops are designed to help entrepreneurs advance their business ideas and instill an action-oriented mindset. Each workshop builds on the previous one and can also stand alone to provide valuable content, tools and experience to participants. Ideas 2 Action teaches participants how to discover where the value lies in their idea, how to design a business model around that value, and develop an action plan and set of experiments to test, validate, and refine that model. Lessons explored during the course Entrepreneurship 4 All And Ideas 2 Action offered valuable real words and practical strategies to aspiring entrepreneurs as they continue their journey and transition into future programs offered by the North Texas Entrepreneur Education and Training Center.
The North Texas Entrepreneur Education and Training Center, Southern Dallas Progress Community Development Corporation and Woodforest National Bank’s Ideas 2 Action workshop series have helped aspiring entrepreneurs advance their small business ideas.
“It was indeed a pleasure to work with Woodforest National Bank and Southern Dallas Progress to welcome the Woodforest Foundry, Ideas 2 Action series of workshops in South Dallas. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with organizations like these who value the success and support of the small business community. We look forward to the continued efforts to grow and develop local entrepreneurs through programs in the South Dallas Community,” said Darlisa Diltzexecutive director of the North Texas Entrepreneur Education and Training Center.
James McGeePresident of the Southern Dallas Progress Community Development Corporation, added: “The Southern Dallas Progress Community Development Corporation was pleased to collaborate with the North Texas Entrepreneur Education and Training Center to present the Ideas 2 Action series of workshops held at the Bill J. Priest Institute. Thank you to Woodforest National Bank for your support during the workshop series. We look forward to the support you will provide to our Dallas Fort Worth entrepreneurs. We are proud to be part of the foundations being laid for entrepreneurship in Dallas Fort Worth“.
“Through Woodforest Foundry and our community partners, we are activating local ecosystems that are essential to the success of entrepreneurs. We appreciate Southern Dallas Progress and North Texas Entrepreneur Education and Training Center for keeping the momentum going and providing trusted guidance to entrepreneurs and small businesses. businesses within this resilient community. I would also like to thank our 23 volunteers, including members of Woodforest’s retail banking and merchant services teams, for helping us share the Woodforest Foundry in South Dallas. Entrepreneurship 4 All And Ideas 2 Action are great experiences for anyone aspiring to become an entrepreneur,” said Daniel GalindoSenior Vice President, Director of Community Development and Strategy, Woodforest National Bank.
For more information about Woodforest Foundry, please contact Daniel GalindoSenior Vice President, Director of Community Development and Strategy, Woodforest National Bank at (email protected).
SOURCE Woodforest National Bank
