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When you purchase a pizza, Harvest throws some dough to ECDI to help small businesses who knead support.
As a nonprofit small business resource center and America's #1 SBA microlender, ECDI provides funding, training, mentoring, and other support to awesome local companies, like Harvest Pizzeria, that make our community great.
We thank you and Harvest Pizzeria for paying it forward to the up-and-coming local businesses we support!
Explore this website to learn more about ECDI's small business loans, services, and how you can contribute. Keep scrolling to learn why what we do is important.
Small businesses keep the economy cooking!
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They represent 43.5% of America's GDP
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They employ nearly half of the entire American workforce
Yet, when it comes to funding, small businesses get a small slice of the pie.
Of small businesses that fail, 8 out of 10 business owners cited cash flow or lack of funding as the reason.
And many small business owners could use a bigger helping of training.
Small business owners who invest in entrepreneurial training are more likely to:
Increase revenue
Secure capital
Innovate
Create a meaningful impact
Every entrepreneur should take advantage of the free training ECDI offers!
Help spread the word:
This is why ECDI dishes out small business resources, training, and funding for your favorite local businesses, including Harvest Pizzeria.
As important as they are to our communities, small businesses often don't have the resources they need to succeed.
ECDI was founded to help rewrite this recipe.
Since 2004:
~33,000
small business owners served
~$180M
in business loans disbursed
43K+
Ohio jobs created or retained
Harvest Pizzeria is one of the many small businesses we support.
In the U.S., 48% of businesses say word-of-mouth is their best marketing tool.
Share this page to help us all spread the word about the importance of small business and why they need everyone's support.
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