Inspiring Entrepreneurs Episode 1: VT Attorney General's Consumer Assistance

Inspiring Entrepreneurs: The Podcast

Welcome Vermont business owners to the first episode of "Inspiring Entrepreneurs: The Live Show & Podcast," with our guest Emily McDonnell from the Vermont Attorney General's Office Consumer Assistance Program.

This show aims to introduce you to the people behind the resources and organizations to support you as you start, grow, and scale your business.

Emily McDonnell serves as a business advocate, assisting small businesses with consumer-related issues, mediating complaints, and providing education and resources to prevent or resolve scams. In this show, she speaks about how her work is based on accessibility and personal interaction with business owners whom she encourages to reach out. If there is something that she can’t help with, she likely knows of other state resources that can help.

Resources mentioned include:
· Vermont Attorney General's Office website for filing complaints and finding compliance information: ago.vermont.gov/cap
· Vermont Consumer Assistance Program helpline: 800-649-2424
· Federal Trade Commission's website for cybersecurity and scam prevention resources: consumer.ftc.gov
· Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School: sblc.vermontlaw.edu
· VtSBDC webinar: Frauds & Scams: Are You Prepared to Protect Your Business?: https://youtu.be/zUC8Mmcb-Iw

To contact Emily at the Consumer Assistance Program
Call: 800-649-2424
Email contact: [e-mail]

To find more resources and additional Inspiring Entrepreneurs episodes and the transcript for this podcast, please visit the Vermont Small Business Development Center’s website: vtbdc.org.

This show is made possible by the Community Navigator Pilot Program funded in part through a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The views expressed are not necessarily those of the SBA.