Small Business News & Tips

ECDI Announces Program Director Of New Women's Business Center Of Central Appalachia

Kelly O’Bryant Leads Charge in Providing Training, Assistance and Loan Capital to Women-Owned Small Businesses in Central Appalachia Region

Netflix and Chill Finds: Black Women Entrepreneurs

Have you run out of new shows to watch during your hibernation? We found some amazing films featuring Black Women Entrepreneurs perfect...

The Third Way of Looking at a Pandemic

We want to create a safe space to share opinions and encourage neighborly discourse, in a time when folks' opinions can be very polarized.

ECDI to Open SBA-Supported Women's Business Center in Partnership with Shawnee State University

New Women’s Business Center of Central Appalachia Will Provide Training, Assistance and Loan Capital to Women-Owned Small Businesses...

ECDI Client Interview: David Brooks

Join ECDI President & Owner of Dave's Artisanal Cheesecakes, as they discuss David's entrepreneur journey and how ECDI has played a role.

Valentine's Day Local Gift Guide

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! Whether that fact makes you grin or groan, there’s no doubt that, after the year we just...

NEWS RELEASE: ECDI, WBC and Clients Win Big at 2020 SBA National Small Business Week Awards

COLUMBUS – The Economic & Community Development Institute (ECDI), Women’s Business Center of Central Ohio (WBC) and ECDI clients won...

MBE, WBE and EDGE Programs - what you need to know

In the pre-COVID economy, women and minority entrepreneurs, by and large, enjoyed less access to business capital and opportunities than...

ECDI's COVID Response: A Lifeline for Small Businesses

The organization scaled to reach 300% of capacity in three months. People of color were 70% of entrepreneurs served and 51% were women.