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Local to Legend
Local to Legend is the podcast for local business owners like you, looking for the resources and tools needed to create a scalable, profitable, simply irresistible brand. What makes local businesses different than small businesses? Local businesses have their own little ecosystems they work within. Some local business owners have the hopes of being sold to Unilever (Schmidt’s) or getting a HGTV show (Joanna Gaines) or being sold in Target (Ben & Jerry’s). Others want to be a legend in their own community where people know, love, trust, and refer them all the time. The cool thing about being a legend is it’s fairly subjective, right? We have legends in Des Moines, Iowa (my home base), but they aren’t legends in the country. We have legends in the country, but they aren’t legends in the world. What I’ve come to discover in hundreds of conversations with local business owner is this: they desire MORE for themselves. They want to expand, but how? They want to grow their business, but what do they do? They want to pivot, but what will that mean? Local to Legend is about that conversation. And I'm thrilled to have you here.
Local to Legend
63 - Building an App for Local Business Owners to Share Food & Drink Deals and Live Events with Grace Rigdon from deetz
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Emily Steele
In this week’s podcast episode, Emily chats with Grace Rigdon, co-founder and COO of Deetz. Deetz is an app that you can use to see what’s happening around you right now in your very own community. As a fellow tech co-founder on a mission to support local businesses in every community they’re in, Emily and Grace dive into Grace’s journey into the startup space, her first business that led to Deetz, and how Deetz supports its users and small business subscribers.
Tune in for topics like:
- Grace’s focus and ambitions as she started college
- How Grace started her first business by stumbling into an entrepreneurship class
- What joining a tech startup company looks like
- What Deetz is and how it works
Links from the episode:
- Deetz app
- Deetz plans and pricing
- Find a credit union to partner with by visiting the Iowa Credit Union Foundation
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