How Founders Spend Big Exit $$$, Flywheel, and St. Thomas: Innovation sans Full-Time MBA

Welcome back to the Great North Labs newsletter! With so many great startups getting acquired or going IPO lately, one wonders: What do founders do when they score these big windfalls? How Do Founders Spend Their Cash? Rob Weber was curious, so he asked other successful founders from the region about their post-exit strategies. Do […]
Jumpstart, the Startup School, and Branch Wins a Webby!

Welcome to the May edition of the Great North Labs newsletter. In this time of economic change, entrepreneurial skills, advancing technology, and its new applications will drive the innovations and evolving business models necessary to spurn economic growth and prosperity on the other side of the downturn. Great North Labs recognizes the importance of seeding […]
Introducing the new Greater Minnesota focused Startup School Initiative

UPDATE: Signup here for St. Cloud or Red Wing locations! Or View Course Information. Greater Minnesota has been underperforming in its formation of new startups. When we founded Great North Labs, we recognized this need, and committed to changing it before the region could fall further behind. We founded a Startup School to provide the […]