Inside the Cultivate Sponsorship Program with David & Jenna

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In our final interview with our 2020 SMEC cohort, we questioned Jenna Forbes and David Collett about their joint sponsorship experience and the transformative effects on their personal and professional growth. For Jenna, support from the Cultivate program and her sponsor, David, brought new meaning to her business instincts and their ability to make a tangible difference to business outcomes. “Before Cultivate, I questioned whether I wanted to be there; I didn’t think it was an environment I wanted to be in. Cultivate really changed that.” Discover more about their motivating experience by watching their interview below.

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