Join Angie Clark and Sarah Behrens in exploring opportunities to grow your business or your employees.  Angie and Sarah are customized training representatives for Advanced Minnesota in partnership with Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College.  Advanced Minnesota is a part of the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities. We provide customized training and continuing education […]

Launch Your Business Workshop: Basics 1.0 – January 28, 2022 (11:30 am - 1:30 pm) This workshop is a great introduction on how to vet your business idea and steps to take to bring it to reality. Learn how to prepare a business plan (both traditional and the one-page Lean Canvas), as well as how […]

Launch Your Business Workshop: Basics 2.0 – February 4, 2022 (11:30 am - 1:30 pm) This workshop dives into two vital components of your business, finances and marketing.  We will walk through identifying start-up costs, putting together financial projections, exploring financing options, as well as developing successful marketing strategies to reach your customers. Workshops are […]

Join us to learn more about these valuable tools for businesses: Racial Equity Dividend Index (REDI) and Inclusive Workforce Employer designation (I-WE). Racial Equity Dividends Index: By 2044, America will be a majority people of color nation. A growing number of businesses have recognized the vital importance of prioritizing and advancing equity and inclusion - […]

With the explosion of remote workers nationwide, Bemidji has been very fortunate to have an expert right here in our community. From podcast to blogs to courses, Justin has been providing resources to remote workers (effectiveremotework.com), as well as, our very own 218Relocate program in Bemidji. Justin says that "work doesn't have to look the […]