1,000 urban entrepreneurs.

<p><strong><a href= "https://evepicker.com/1000-urban-entrepreneurs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BE SURE TO SEE THE SHOWNOTES AND LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE.</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Eve Picker:</strong> [00:00:12] Hi there, thanks so much for joining me today for the latest episode of Impact Real Estate Investing. My guest today is the energetic Lyneir Richardson. In all that he does, Lyneir is razor-focused on helping urban entrepreneurs. He straddles two roles in two cities, Newark and Chicago.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:00:32] At Rutgers University in Newark, he is the executive director of the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development. There he is intent on helping 1000 diverse urban entrepreneurs grow their companies. And he's also an entrepreneur himself. He co-founded and is CEO of the Chicago Trend, a social enterprise providing resources to real estate developers and retailers to promote investment in Chicago neighborhoods.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:01:05] Be sure to go to evepicker.com to find out more about Lyneir on the show notes page for this episode. And be sure to sign up for my newsletter so you can access information about impact real estate investing and get the latest news about the exciting projects on my crowdfunding platform, Small change.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:01:38] Hello Lyneir, I'm really excited to have you here today.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Lyneir Richardson:</strong> [00:01:42] Thank you for inviting me. I'm looking forward to our conversation.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:01:45] Yeah. So, you're a man with a mission and I'd really love to talk about that today. And like, firstly, in your role as the director of the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at Rutgers University, and that's quite a mouthful, you've set a goal there of helping 1000 urban entrepreneurs grow their businesses. And I'd really like to hear more about that.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Lyneir:</strong> [00