About a year and a half ago, I began to sense there were some unmet needs in our small business and startup community. While there are approximately 4,300 businesses with fewer than 20 employees operating in the Sioux Falls MSA, we had difficulty getting more than fifty entrepreneurs to attend our 1 Million Cups event […]
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25 meetings in one week. I have no idea how I did that, but that was my life earlier this year. Over the summer, I set a hard cap of 10 meetings a week on my calendar and here’s what happened. (Watch this Video on YouTube) Prefer to read instead of watch? Here’s a rough […]
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I am going to try to get back in the habit of publishing quarterly updates about the various projects that I’m involved with. It can honestly be difficult for me to keep track of everything that I’m working on at any given time and these posts provide me the opportunity to think through each project […]
View PostI’m excited to announce a new event coming up in about a week – the Morning Marketing Party. Being an entrepreneur or small business owner is sometimes a lonely gig, so opportunities like this are a great way to find connections while hopefully picking up a tip or two for your business. On Friday, October […]
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Last fall, I penned an article titled “What Would a Startup Ecosystem Organization Look Like in Sioux Falls?” which discussed the different components that the startup ecosystem in Sioux Falls would need to be operating at full capacity. Our community has made a lot of progress since then with the launch of Startup Sioux Falls, […]
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(Watch this Video on YouTube) One of the most difficult components of running a non-profit organization is finding funding. You’ve got a great mission that you believe in. You’re incredibly passionate about the work your non-profit is doing and you genuinely think you can make a dent in the issue that your non-profit is […]
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At the 2019 YPN Crossroads Summit, I prepared a talk that discusses the trends surrounding remote work and how we do remote work at MarketBeat. Thanks to the help of Josh Novak and Main Street Media, I was able to record the presentation so that it can be distributed more widely. Below you will find […]
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We are now just under six months into operations of Startup Sioux Falls. During that time, our primary efforts have been around content creation and building an online community for small business owners and startup founders in the Sioux Falls area. We’ve highlighted the stories of 16 ecosystem organizations and community groups. We’ve published 9 […]
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Two years ago, I wrote a comprehensive article covering the state of co-working in Sioux Falls at the time. The Bakery, which was the largest standalone co-working space in Sioux Falls at the time, was on the verge of closing and Meso, another co-working space, had closed the year earlier. This left the Zeal Center […]
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Startup Sioux Falls is about 6 weeks into its operations and I thought it would be a good time to give an update on what we’ve accomplished so far with the brand and what we’re hoping to do moving forward. (Watch this Video on YouTube) Prefer to read instead of watch? Here’s a rough script […]
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