April 20th, 2021
Written by Shawn Wellnitz, CEO & President of the Entrepreneur Fund and published by Business North. At the Entrepreneur Fund, we have the pleasure of working with hundreds of our region’s entrepreneurs and small business owners. Throughout the…
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Dock 5 | Duluth, MN In 2014, Natalija Walbridge decided to follow her dream of working as a full-time artist. Going all in, Natalija started by converting her 900 sq ft home into a studio with…
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Mahkahta Trucking | Eveleth, MN https://vimeo.com/546076023 Shelly Holmes is the owner of Mahkahta Consulting and Development Corporation dba Mahkahta Trucking, Mahkahta Properties, and Lotus Corporation. Her initial success came from starting and growing Mahkahta Consulting and…
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Boomtown Woodfire Grill and Brewery | Hibbing, Eveleth & Duluth, MN Erik and Jessica Leitz have successfully scaled their business across the northland hear from co-owner Jessica Leitz about her experience working with the Entrepreneur Fund. …
Read MoreFebruary 28th, 2021
Work on your business and not just in your business. The Be Strategic program consists of six, three-hour classes held once per week in the evenings facilitated by Entrepreneur Fund Business Advisors. Eight local non-competing businesses…
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Broking’s Transport | Grand Rapids, MN https://vimeo.com/518750804 Located on Highway 2 on the edge of Grant Rapids is Brokings Transport, a family-owned cargo and freight company that was started by owner Bob Broking and his father…
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Recently, the Entrepreneur Fund has announced that it received a $2 million Grow with Google Small Business Fund loan and a $125,000 Google.org-funded grant from Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), a leading network for Community Development Financial…
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“They care and they want you to succeed. If you want to put in the work, they will help you do it. They’ll put just as much work into finding the solution for you to succeed.”…
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https://vimeo.com/482700794 The U.S. Small Business Administration has named Lifestone Health Care Inc., in Proctor, Minn., the 2020 Minnesota Minority-Owned Small Business of the Year. Medical practitioner and entrepreneur, Dr. Chiamaka Enemuoh is the owner and president…
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In 2020, ChaQuana McEntyre was awarded recognition as the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Minnesota Minority Small Business Champion for 2020. https://vimeo.com/482692829 McEntyre supports the advancement of business opportunities for minority business owners in the Duluth area,…
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