006: Growing and Scaling Your Business with the Gardners of Discover After School

Two Chics In the City: An Entrepreneur's Journey

English - December 30, 2019 16:08 - 23 minutes - 29.3 MB
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Hosts Tracy Swain and JaVonne Williams are joined by the Gardners, a husband and wife power team who are transforming after school programs for children throughout Orange County, FL. Ashley Gardner is the CEO and Donovan Gardner is the Director of Operations of Discover After School (www.discoverafterschool.com). The duo is currently working with four schools in Orange County and leading after school programs twice a week. They successfully won a bid with Orange County Public Schools and are quickly ramping up to serve 15 schools in 2020 with programs scheduled 5 days a week. They are growing from two employees to 35 employees in the new year and have their sights set on surpassing Disney in the future. Their goal is to transform and impact children’s lives through the programs that they offer.