January 5th, 2022
Are you a business owner (or aspiring owner) with a big idea? A leader who wants to take your business in a new direction? Did COVID give you opportunities or hurdles, and you're not sure what…
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In 2021, we kicked off work on our new strategic plan, “Shaping a Collective Future: Plans for 2021 through 2023” where we outlined a goal of developing a quality job initiative geared at partnering with small businesses to create and…
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Mark's Lawn Care | Hibbing, MN https://vimeo.com/595484980 Mark Lockett owns Mark's Lawn Care, a full service, affordable lawn care service that serves over 200 clients across Minnesota's Iron Range, but it didn't start that way. Mark…
Read MoreNovember 30th, 2021
Written by Shawn Wellnitz, CEO and President of the Entrepreneur Fund. Published in Business North July 2021. Finding and keeping staff seems to be the looming cough for small businesses looking to fully recover from the…
Read MoreSeptember 2nd, 2021
Baby’s on Broadway | Little Falls, MN Little Falls, a small rural town in Central Minnesota located along the Mississippi River may not seem the like most obvious place for “Minnesota’s one-stop baby shop”, but that’s…
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Spiritwood Music of the Boundary Waters | Ely, MN Artists and venues have been hit particularly hard by the pandemic. Pat and Donna Surface co-own and operate Spiritwood Music of the Boundary Waters, a music production,…
Read MoreSeptember 2nd, 2021
Art Unlimited | Angora, MN https://vimeo.com/522090586 Anna Anderson and Elizabeth Chapman got their start at Art Unlimited as children when they would stuff envelopes for their dad, who founded the company in the early 80’s originally…
Read MoreSeptember 2nd, 2021
Syvantis | Baxter, MN Syvantis was founded in 2000 by Janelle Riley as a local managed services provider out of Baxter, Minnesota. Since then, the company has grown into a leading provider of integrated, industry-specific cloud…
Read MoreAugust 1st, 2021
National Bank of Commerce: NBC is a strong supporter of small business in the region and long-time partner of the Entrepreneur Fund. Recently they generously made a gift of $250,000 in loan capital to our ENVEST…
Read MoreJuly 22nd, 2021
Written by Shawn Wellntiz, CEO & President of the Entrepreneur Fund and published by Business North Finding and keeping staff seems to be the looming cough for small businesses looking to fully recover from the pandemic…
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