Elevate Your Business
We connect Hennepin County business owners to advisors, training, and resources.
We stand with our business community.
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Identify the best resources for your needs with one-on-one advising.
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Get connected to professional resources, tools, and guidance from business experts.
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Meet with a Business Navigator to assess your best next step.
Jill Cain offers empathy, marketing expertise
For Jill Cain, Elevate Hennepin advisor and founder of Arch Empathy, helping small business owners with marketing isn’t just about social media strategies or brand colors, it’s about finding the spark that customers are looking for.
Latest announcements
New grants available to support industrial innovation in Minnesota's food systems
The MPCA’s industrial innovation in food systems program provides funding to food and beverage manufacturing facilities and food waste processing sites to cut climate pollution, improve efficiency, and reduce waste.
Federal response resources
We remain steadfast in our support of small business owners and entrepreneurs across Hennepin County.
Small business relief funds guide
Our small businesses need support more than ever right now. Several relief funds for businesses impacted by the federal immigration enforcement surge have been established..jpg?h=800&iar=0&w=1200&rev=e07d9e88f7ca433cb81157c8f3199ba6&hash=BCB209AC09734AB69E53361864F01F6D)
Apply for the Chameleon Retail Cohort
In this cohort participants will refine their skills, network with experts, understand their goals, and strengthen their business plans.
Events
Get Started with Elevate Hennepin
This 90-minute no-cost, virtual workshop is designed for anyone looking to jumpstart their idea for a business.
Get found for the right services in the right city
Join us for an insightful webinar where we’ll dive into the essentials of Local SEO and effective lead generation strategies tailored for your business.
Lead generation that works - build a predictable pipeline
In this session, we’ll break down the lead gen strategies that consistently work for small businesses—and what you shouldn’t invest in.
Lead generation that works: build a predictable pipeline
Lead generation shouldn’t feel like gambling. In this session, we’ll break down the lead gen strategies that consistently work for small businesses—and what you shouldn’t invest in (because not everything “works,” even if someone on the internet swears it does).