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Get your business started with CEO Start

CEO Start is an 11-week group-learning opportunity that prepares aspiring and existing entrepreneurs with insights, relationships, and tools to turn their ideas into viable businesses.

Peer groups of 10 to 15 entrepreneurs will work through the nationally recognized curriculum focused on testing ideas and identifying key assumptions through interviews, peer-to-peer conversation, research, and facilitated discussions on key foundational elements. Professional pitch coaches will also guide participants as they prepare for a final presentation.

Participants who complete the program will walk away with a solid foundation of business skills, access to resources, a community of support, an understanding of their next steps, and the confidence to move forward with their idea.

This program is powered by CO.STARTERS, a tool from the Finsync Entrepreneur Ecosystem, in collaboration with Hennepin County and the cities of Brooklyn Park and Bloomington. 

Registrations are now open for the next class of CEO Start.

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Get your business started with CEO Start

Date

February 11, 2025

Time

8:00 am - 11:00 pm

Location

Presented by

CO.STARTERS, Elevate Hennepin, City of Bloomington, and City of Brooklyn Park

Cost

no-cost

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