The reason I started a nonprofit was the combination of two ideas.
1) Was Equity Crowdfunding was the topic of the entrepreneurial elite. I’m not an elitist. I wanted to bring Equity Crowdfunding to the crowd.
2) Minnesota is in dire need of glamour.
By making Minnesota a hotspot for entrepreneurship AND a little more glamorous, we could attract and retain a whole bunch of talent and capital. Silicon Valley was for the 90’s. It’s still the center for IoT.
But right now, things that are very Minnesotan, such as MedTech, Food Tech, and others, are being lost, as innovators move West, where the money is and where the action is.
Now is the time to change that. Hence the name, MinnesotaNow.
MinnesotaNow has published several articles, but not everyone bothered to read them.
Complaining that MinnesotaNow was charging $15 for a chance for people to meet Venture Capitalists, which it was not doing, is just as well justified as the guy who complained because it wasn’t a singles event.
Seriously people….. Stop being sad.
MinnesotaNow is about raising the bar so Minnesota is a more suitable environment for small business investors. We’re trying to get away from”Venture Capitalists” because the phrase is too marketingesque.
But MinnesotaNow is also another reading the bar for events. Every event is the same. That’s why it’s gala was different.
MinnesotaNow is also about the long-term. Capitalism seems to be short-sighted. MinnesotaNow is going to make more money for everyone. It’s just not doing to happen in this fiscal year! Be patient. MinnesotaNow is about culture. It’s about helping this be such a great small business environment, that the guidance, knowledge, assistance, and capital is available, so all people need to succeed is a great idea and hard work/discipline.
That’s what MinnesotaNow is about. It’s a nonprofit because the kind of return it’ll give I’d I’ve The course of years and years, and that’s not a good investment, and it’s a return for everyone.
Oh, and awesome events. Duh. But that’s because I’m in charge.
MinnesotaNow should write a formal now similar to this, but I feel like they’re not going to have time until at least their Community day is passed.