adriana arvizo: muchas gracias, damián, buenos días. rosa carretero: buenos días.racias por estar aquí; adriana, comenzamos con usted; platíquenos un poco de, de este programa, de comcast rise. adriana arvizo: sí, comcast rise es un programa que nació en el 2020, eh, con el motivo de ayudar a empresas pequeñas, y especialmente aquellas que tienen dueños de minorías, que sabemos que han sido desproporcionadamente afectadas por la pandemia; entonces, el programa comcast rise, provee mejoras tecnológicas y de mercadotecnia a estos pequeños negocios. damián trujillo: ¿y quién califica, y por cuánto califica?, rosa es una de las que se ganaron una de esas becas, ¿pero quién califica para eso? adriana arvizo: cualquier negocio que esté en una, donde comcast provee servicios, o aquí en el Área de la bahía, y en el norte de california; cualquier negocio que tenga 25 empleados o menos, y que haya estado en existencia por más de 3 años, puede solicitar para, para mejoras de mercadotecnia y tecnológicas, y más recientemente, acabamos de anunciar, el fondo monetario de comcast

adriana arvizo: thank you. rosa carretero fung: thank you.n: yeah, well, we'll start with you, adriana. tell us about comcast rise, what it is, and it's helping people like rosa. adriana: that's right. comcast rise is a program that was born in 2020 to help small businesses owned by people of color with the consequences of the pandemic and it provides marketing and technology upgrades. damian: and you know, adriana, here in the south bay where we're headquartered, there is a local effort to help our east side businesses because, of course, who suffers the most during something like this? it's those who can least afford to lose anything, the small business owners, the minority small business owners. how big of an impact have you seen, has comcast seen, bay area-wide? adriana: absolutely, damian. small businesses are the backbone of our communities and they have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, especially those owned by people of color. and as part of comcast rise, there's the comcast rise investment fund and that's also part o

adriana arvizo: thank you. rosa carretero fung: thank you. well, we'll start with you, adriana. tell us about comcast rise, what it is, and it's helping people