Upcoming Events & Cohort Information

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 or Eminent Coffee Roasters)

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

Minnesota- Virtual Fall Cohort 2024

DEALINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 9/2

ILT Academy's Virtual Lean Startup Innovation Cohort is designed for anyone who wants to start or grow their business. ILT Academy provides scholarships to participants provided by statewide, regional, and local partners. There is no cost to participate other than your time! 

SAVE THE DATE - Quarterly Matchmaking Event

September 12th, 3:00-5:00pm - College of St. Benedict - Haehn Campus Center - 37 S College Ave, St. Joseph, MN 56374

The GSDC is hosting this event, designed to foster collaboration, innovation, and growth within the Greater St. Cloud's entrepreneurial ecosystem!

Resource Matchmaking: Connect with the resources you need to thrive – from funding opportunities to mentorship and everything in between!

Networking: Rub shoulders with fellow entrepreneurs, founders, and business enthusiasts. You never know where that next big idea will come from!

Knowledge Sharing: Gain insights from industry experts and thought leaders through engaging panel discussions, workshops, and presentations.

• Would you like to be one of the Resource Providers? It's free to attend! Register Here
• Want to join for the networking and as an attendee Register Here
• Panel Begins at 3:15pm
  • Speakers include: Andrew and John Dahlberg (Co-Owners of Talknician), Thomas Odenthal (Student, President of E-Club), Joseph Wedl (Student, Vice President of E-Club)

Startup Webinar series:

Business Formation & Choice of Entity

Corporation?  LLC?  Partnership? Sole Proprietorship?  DBA?  If you are ready to launch but don’t know which business legal form to choose or how to file it, then join this discussion with Joshua Franklin, staff attorney at LegalCORPS.  A limited number of virtual one-on-one appointments with Mr. Franklin will also be available immediately after the webinar on a first-come, first-served basis.

Wednesday, Sept 21st, 12:00pm - 1:00pm CST

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.

Regional Pitch Competition 9/11/24

Fargo, North Dakota - 10:00am

Perfect for our seasoned business leaders, startup enthusiasts, or just someone with a passion for innovation. 

What is Startup World Cup?

Pegasus, a venture firm, from the Bay Area, is collaborating with Emerging Prairie for this pitch event. The winner of the event is then invited to the Bay Area to participate in the World Cup Pitch Competition, where the winner will be awarded 1 Million Dollars. 

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.

FastLane94 BarCamp

1st Annual Camp drives Connections!

Hosted at Nisswa’s Roundhouse Brewery, this open event featured spontaneous and crowdsourced presentations and authentic connections for entrepreneurs and community.  Topics at this free event included  "Un-Retiring," AI use in Website Design and an invention for Baseball spectators – and everyone received a free beverage and appetizers plus a BarCamp T-shirt.  Check out the coverage on Lakeland News and watch for a BarCamp coming to a community near you!

Pitch 412 

Detroit Lakes Pitch Competition Success!

John Machacek, Chief Innovation Officer at Greater Fargo Moorhead EDC, said the event was very well attended! Project 412’s inaugural Pitch 412 event featured pitches from Cubed Therapy, Getaway Kimonos, Event Conex, and 1^st place winner Lillies Lollipops. 

Lillies Lollipops received $4,000 + a spot in the ILT Academy Cohort (in-kind value of $3,000), which will come in handy as they get ready to scale up for wholesale and online sales.  

More Info About Pitch 412

2024 MN Cup Finalists Announced!

Talknician co-founders make another significant success!

Congratulations to John and Andrew Dalhberg in becoming one of the three MN Cup Finalists in the Education & Training category. These Division Winners will take home $25,000 and compete for an additional $50,000 Grand Prize on September 16th.

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

Please submit information for the event here!

Have questions? Either respond to this email or contact the sender on jweber@greaterstcloud.com