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here and I am fired up to bring you our feature guest today, Beth Davis. Beth, are you prepared to

ignite? Absolutely. Yes. Beth is the president of Dakota Resources, a statewide not-for-profit that

is a catalyst in champion for rural communities seeking to realize their full potential. In her 15

years with the organization, she has raised more than 15 million in private capital and attracted

resources to develop innovative products and services to support rural development. Beth,

have given fire nation just a little insight. So take a minute and tell us about you personally

and then expound upon the best. I'd love to do that, John. Thank you. First of all, I'd like to

call us a for-purpose organization rather than a not-for-profit. I think people often look at not-for-profits

as charities and we're not a charity. We are a 501c3 that really has a purpose and that is to support

rural communities and rural entrepreneurs and rural businesses. So let me clarify that right off the

bat. But personally, I was a single parent and on public assistance twice in my life and so I

like to dispel the myth that you know all folks that need a little hand up occasionally are

lazy and not very smart and not very ambitious. I have certainly paid back in Texas many times over

what was invested in me on those occasions. I love to learn. I love to create things. If I'm not

creating programs for this organization, I'm cooking or I'm gardening and putting up food or I'm

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