Duluth,
Minn. – The Greenstone Group recently appointed Chelle Bakke as
business coach.
In her new
role, Bakke will work with “growth groups” of 6 to10 business
owners who are participating in the Greenstone Group initiative,
which is designed to support entrepreneurs in northeast
Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin who wish to significantly grow
their companies.
Bakke will
coordinate the recruitment, assessment and selection of
potential growth group members. She will also provide one-on-one
and group coaching and strategic guidance in helping them
achieve their business and entrepreneurial goals.
Before
joining the Greenstone Group, Bakke served as a business
developer for the Northspan Group in Duluth. Previously, she was
a business developer for the Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, and
served as executive director of the Lincoln Park Business Group.
A native of Cloquet, Bakke holds an architectural technology
degree from Lake Superior College.
About the
Northeast Entrepreneur Fund
The Northeast
Entrepreneur Fund helps people start and grow successful small
businesses. It provides training, consulting and financing to
emerging and small businesses in northeast Minnesota and
northwest Wisconsin.
Since 1989, NEF
has helped start, stabilize or expand more than 1,000
businesses; helped create or retain more than 2,500 jobs;
provided $7.5 million in loans to nearly 500 businesses; and
served 9,000 people through its training, consulting and lending
programs. More than 85% of business owners who receive
assistance from NEF are still in business two years later.
The Greenstone
Group, a new 10-year initiative of NEF, seeks to foster a
culture of entrepreneurship and strengthen entrepreneurs through
group-based learning, peer support and access to a variety of
business services.
To learn more,
visit
www.entrepreneurfund.org.