FINDLAY, Ohio (WLIO) - Nine Findlay-area small business owners were recognized today as they graduated from the 2025 DoorDash Accelerator Program.
The accelerator program provided local entrepreneurs with mentorship opportunities, professional development workshops, and financial support — including a $5,000 grant. This program is part of DoorDash’s effort to invest in communities both large and small. So far, they’ve helped strengthen more than 300 businesses across the U.S.
“We’ve seen a lot of our business owners go on to open up new brick-and-mortar stores, go from food trucks to in-person, go from catering businesses to robust, in-person live businesses, so we’ve seen great success. We trust that these business owners within Findlay will see great success too,” said Esther Ladipo Hill, social impact manager, DoorDash.
A major initiative of the program was to connect small business owners with city officials and local support networks they might not otherwise have access to.
“It helps because if we run into any troubles, we’ve got other business owners around that I could reach out to and they’d be willing to help. I guarantee any of them would go out of their way to help you. Especially with being a newer business, we have some of them in here that have been around for many years and have a lot of experience to share with everybody else in this program,” said Nolan Laube, co-owner, Doughtroit Pizza in Findlay.
Full list of the businesses involved:
The Baker’s Cafe
Bella Floral Design
Dante’s Rolling Food Joint
Doughtroit
Fern Cafe
Hurdwell
Johnny Burritos, LLC
Leggo My Egroll
Tokyo Steakhouse
