TWIN CITIES STARTUP WEEK 2024 ANCHOR EVENTS

In addition to the dozens of community-driven Sessions, every evening of TCSW 2024 features an Anchor Event sure to fire up the startup and tech enthusiast inside.

Upcoming Events & Cohort Information

TOMORROW! Join us for Start.Up Connect in Downtown St. Cloud

This meetup is for entrepreneurs, innovators, creatives, and community members to come together and explore the entrepreneurial journey with founders from central MN and beyond.

Fostering community, building ideas, and creating new connections is central to ILT Studios and ILT Academy. Our purpose is to bring people together to inspire collaborations, and share their ideas.

Agenda:

8:00 am- Coffee + Connect (Coffee provided by either Kinder Coffee Lab)

8:30 am - Speakers Begin

9:15 am - Program concludes

Location:

113 5th Ave S, St Cloud, MN 56301 - 2nd Floor of the old Davidson Opera House downtown St. Cloud

Facebook Event Link: Here

LinkedIn Event Link: Here

Founders Showcase

9/19/2024  I  Virtually  I 6:00 - 9:00pm

This event showcases our Intro cohorts from Minnesota and North Dakota. You will have the opportunity to hear them pitch, as well as speak with them and share your feedback.

Feedbackers Needed! - Register Here!

Startup Webinar series:

This webinar is part of a webinar series to support entrepreneurs. Our first webinar features Joshua Franklin from LegalCORPS who will lead the webinar. He is also available for free one on one sessions after the webinar to answer any questions you may have.

Don’t miss this opportunity to get your legal questions answered!

Date: Wednesday, September 25

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM  

Location: Virtual (a link will be sent post registration)

Tickets: FREE!

Hosted By: Nick Tietz, Founder of ILT Academy

Emerging Prairie - Founders Retreat 2024

October 2nd - October 4th - Friendly Resort

Calling all founders! Our annual fall Founders Retreat will allow you to take time to relax in an unplugged environment, build connections to other entrepreneurs, and reset your thinking. Throughout your stay there will be large and small group activities, time to reflect, and informal time to build relationships.

10/10, 6pm  Main Event Starts - Armory Event Center

Once in a while an event series is born that shakes things up!

it makes you think differently, it leaves you inspired. That event is DisruptHR.

If you’re an HR professional, a CEO, a technologist, a community leader – and you’ve got something to say about talent, culture or technology – Disrupt is the place.

• 12 Speakers
• 5 Minutes Each
• Slides Rotate every 15 Seconds

Teach us something, but make it quick.

Upcoming LaunchMN Events

Launch Minnesota’s calendar contains events from organizations across the state. This is your place to find networking groups, pitch competitions, coffee clubs, learning opportunities and more, both in your region and throughout Minnesota.

Legacy Planning

Rural Business Success:

Tailored for small business owners who are interested in learning how to successfully exit or transition from their business-- in the near or far future. It covers the 3 Layers of Legacy Planning (a process developed by the North Central SBDC), as well as critical aspects such as exit strategies and options, leadership succession, and business valuation. 

Learn More about training opportunities: https://ifound.org/trainings/

Start Your Own Food Truck

Join us for a workshop that will teach you all the necessary steps to start your own food truck or restaurant.

Bookkeeping for Non-Accountants

Rural Business Success:

designed for entrepreneurs without an accounting background who want to demystify bookkeeping. This workshop will cover financial literacy basics, as well as basic accounting principles and online options. Participants will learn essential skills such as tracking expenses, invoicing clients, and reconciling accounts.

Talknician co-founders continue to make significant success at MN CUP 2024!

The Dahlberg Brother rank #1 in the Education & Training Division moving them to the Grand Finale that was last night at McNamara Alumni Center at the University of MN! They were awarded the Carlson Family Foundation prize of Top Greater MN Startup receiving $25,000. 

FASTLANE94 Region Success!

Launch MN Awards nearly $583,000 21 Innovative Startups from DEED.

ModernKind

Maria Thompson

Fall 2024 Recipient

The woman-owned startup, located in Zimmerman, developed waterless shampoo and body wash formulas made with clean ingredients.

Talknician

John & Andrew Dalhberg

Fall 2024 Recipient

AI-optimized learning and resource management training system to serve in the manufacturing industry.

Impacks

Clare Richards

Spring 2024 Recipient

Simplifies back-to-school shopping for parents, teachers, & school administrators. Focused on making school supplies more accessible for families.

Are you hosting an entrepreneur-focused event that is open to all?

Please submit information for the event here!

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