In this week’s episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Geraud Staton, Executive Director of Helius. Geraud shares how Helius provides training and coaching for small businesses and necessity-driven entrepreneurs. They work closely with small business owners to help them earn and pay a fair living wage.The program starts with a 10-week business training program that ends with participants having a business plan and a working, 1-year strategic plan. Then, Helius students move on to a full one-year coaching program where they meet monthly with in-house coaches as well as a bevy of subject matter experts from the community who are all working with one goal in mind: to ensure our clients can create the strongest business possible, earning a fair living wage for employees and business owners alike!​ Show Highlights  Overview of Helius and how it supports necessity based entrepreneurs earn and pay a living wage (1:35) How Helius helps entrepreneurs build their teams, identifying their customers and how to deliver value to those customers are keys to that success (13:15) How the Helius tema invests in their team and how this helps deliver an exceptional customer experience (24:00) Helius Success Stories!!! (32:40)

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You can learn more about Helius https://www.heliusnc.org/ (https://www.heliusnc.org) or reach Geraud directly at Geraud@Heliusnc.org. Follow Helius on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HeliusNC (https://www.facebook.com/HeliusNC), LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/theheliusfoundation/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/theheliusfoundation/), and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/heliusnc/ (https://www.instagram.com/heliusnc/) Learn more about how TEAMES & CO builds effective and empowered start-up teams that deliver results at https://teamesandco.com/teams/start-ups

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