As the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants who established their own restaurant, Jenny Poon witnessed firsthand the struggles of navigating the ins and outs of growing a small business. When she became an entrepreneur herself, she drew from that experience to create a resource platform bringing community building and business support methodology to city governments.
HUUB, the company she founded, recently won the 2024
CivStart Government Innovation Challenge and Pitchfest — a contest looking for solutions that enhance communication with government, business owners and citizens, that streamline processes and foster collaboration.
In this episode of
GovTech: In Case You Missed It, Jenny speaks to Dustin and Joe about the challenges exposed by the pandemic, her desire to help overstretched economic development teams, and the equity created in communities when access is improved and barriers are lowered, so that more underserved and underrepresented entrepreneurs create businesses and jobs.
LEARN MORE
- Read about the platform and schedule a demo of HUUB
- Connect with Jenny Poon on LinkedIn
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Joseph Morris is the chief innovation officer of <i>Government Technology</i>’s parent company e.Republic and a national keynote speaker on issues, trends and drivers impacting state and local government and education. He has authored publications and reports on funding streams, technology investment areas and public-sector priorities, and has led roundtables, projects and initiatives focused on issues within the public sector. Joe has conducted state and local government research with e.Republic since 2007 and knows the ins and outs of government on all levels. He received his Bachelor of Arts in government and international relations from the California State University, Sacramento.
