September 2nd, 2021
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 MoreJuly 20th, 2021
A “community development firm” is how owner, Tim Meyer, describes Meyer Group Architecture. Meyer started his business in the summer of 2009 after transitioning from his previous position due to the 2008 recession. It’s been twelve years…
Read MoreJune 12th, 2021
Overview Taconite Area Business Relief Loans provide funds to local businesses that have been adversely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic in the form of low interest loans. The Department of Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation (IRRR)…
Read MoreMay 29th, 2021
Sulu’s Espresso Café | Tower, MN "Are you crazy” were the words sisters, Brenda and Linda, of Sulu’s Espresso Café, heard when they made the announcement in 2006 that they were opening a gourmet coffee shop…
Read MoreMay 20th, 2021
During these unprecedented times we are experiencing a major disruption of “business as usual” and we need to rethink how to do business now and in the post-COVID times to come. We realize that there won’t…
Read MoreMay 20th, 2021
The City of Cloquet Economic Development Authority (Cloquet EDA) and Entrepreneur Fund are pleased to announce they are accepting loan applications for the recently formed Cloquet EDA Small Business Assistance Loan. The program was developed by…
Read MoreApril 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…
Read MoreMarch 2nd, 2021
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 4th, 2021
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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