Services

Supporting entrepreneurs with resources,
access to capital and technical support.

Whether you have just an idea or a mature business, our dedicated team will connect you to the business opportunities, trusted contacts in our network, and digital-first tools that will help your business be competitive. Once you enter our network, you’re family. We assist you throughout your entire business journey to provide support along the way.

You don't have to get ready, if you stay ready.

Business Plans to
Be Capital Ready

Workshops to Stay
Leveled Up

Digital Upgrades to
Power Your Business

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Business Coaching & Strategy

90 Day Roadmap: 1:1 Coaching, Removing Obstacles & Identifying Opportunities in Your Business

Whether you just have an idea, are ready to take steps to legitimize your business, or are a seasoned business owner, we help you build the a roadmap to gain momentum in your business.

Financial Readiness Workshops & Access to Capital

Capital Connect: Master Your Finances & Unlock Capital

As a business owner, you have to know your numbers. We help you get into the right financial mindset so you can mind your business. We provide character-based micro-loans and assist in applying for grants & loans to help you scale.

Digital Tools & Solutions to Power Your Business

Level Up, Not Out!: Digital Transformation

We help your business implement digital solutions that are cost effective and time efficient to digitally upgrade your business.

Building Your Storefront Online & In Your Neighborhood

Space & Place: Business Incubation Opportunities

Whether it's online or in person, we can help you establish your business presence. We help you get in front of customers so you can begin selling and gain feedback.

Business Real Talk: Planning, Strategy & Readiness

Whether you're just launching your business or a seasoned business owner, we help you build the roadmap to your vision.

Health & Wealth: Financial & Human Capital

As a business owner, you have to prioritize your mental health before you focus on your wealth. We help you get into the right mindset so you can mind your business.

Level Up, Not Out!: Digital Transformation

We help your business implement digital solutions that are cost effective and time efficient to digitally upgrade your business.

Space & Place: Business Incubation Opportunities

Whether it's online or in person, we can help you establish your business presence. We help you get in front of customers so you can begin selling and gain feedback.

Our Team & Advisors

Adrienne McWilliams

INTERIM EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR

Melody Estrada

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Omar Guerrero

ENTREPRENEUR SUCCESS MANAGER

Orlando Espinosa

BUSINESS COACH & FACILITATOR

Leigh-Ann Buchanan

STRATEGIC
ADVISOR

Dana Tumbaga

DATA
MANAGER

Nicole Sedlack

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Paulina Parada

AIRE VENTURES PRESIDENT

We're just getting started...

Entrepreneurship has been the one tool that has lifted billions of people out of poverty.

An entrepreneurship led economic development initiative like Opportunity Connect could really be a key driver in transforming the community.

Our hope for Opportunity Connect is for it to thrive in other historically Black and brown neighborhoods, beyond Overtown.

We want to expand to other communities, replicate the NDC model that works, that starts with an individual, and then amplifies to a community.

Leigh Ann Buchanan, Founder and Strategic Advisor of Opportunity Connect