Helping founders find community and connections
Twelve-week startup education program for pre-company entrepreneurs-to-be, covering team building, funding, sales, and business fundamentals alongside BETA Cohort.
Business training workshops, bootcamps, and courses for Owatonna-area entrepreneurs and small business owners using the CO.STARTERS curriculum, offered in partnership with Owatonna Community Education and the Southeast MN SBDC.
Learn more →Free or low-cost business training workshops, seminars, and bootcamps for entrepreneurs and small businesses in west central Minnesota covering startup basics, AI for business, marketing, finance, and growth strategy.
Learn more →Ten-week cohort program using CO.STARTERS curriculum helping aspiring entrepreneurs validate ideas and develop plans to launch new ventures.
Learn more →Two-day intensive bootcamp using CO.STARTERS curriculum for aspiring entrepreneurs to validate business ideas and learn business fundamentals.
Learn more →Nationally recognized nine-week program helping entrepreneurs test and refine business ideas through peer learning, expert facilitation, and community resources.
Learn more →Free online self-paced learning platform from the American Heart Association offering business and innovation resources for health-focused founders who want to strengthen their ventures outside of formal accelerator cohorts.
Learn more →9–10 week online cohort program of 6–10 participants teaching social entrepreneurs best practices for launching or expanding a social venture, culminating in a deep understanding of the business canvas, logic model, financials, and investor pitch.
Learn more →Intensive 3-hour workshops introducing entrepreneurs to the Lean Canvas and ILT Innovation Framework to quickly focus their business idea, explore market opportunities, and articulate potential solutions.
Learn more →Free 10-week virtual lean startup cohort teaching the ILT Innovation Framework to help entrepreneurs validate ideas, conduct customer discovery, and build a lean canvas; culminates in a virtual pitch event before investors.
Learn more →NSF I-Corps site at the University of Minnesota providing technology commercialization education and coaching to STEM students, researchers, faculty, and post-docs through courses, bootcamps, and workshops.
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