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Midco’s Fiber Forward to bring higher-speed internet to Sioux Falls and surrounding areas
Midco is a sponsor of Startup Sioux Falls. Back in July, Midco announced its Fiber Forward initiative—a $500 million investment to bring 10G internet speeds to homes and businesses across its service region through fiber-optic technology. Fiber is a type of broadband connection that offers increased reliability and speed, as well as lower latency. The…
Read MoreStartup Sioux Falls maintains forward momentum, welcomes two new team members
It’s an exciting time to be here. On May 20, we announced our rebrand from the Zeal Center for Entrepreneurship to Startup Sioux Falls. We celebrated this news alongside the successes of some of our community’s finest entrepreneurs at the 2021 Hey Sioux Falls event. It’s the beginning of a new season for Startup Sioux…
Read MoreGet to know your second CO.STARTERS facilitator: Tove Hoff Bormes
Applications have been submitted, participants have been selected, and the team at Zeal is preparing to launch its second CO.STARTERS cohort. This time around, the group will be led by two facilitators — Tove Hoff Bormes and Ty Vuong — a pair whose combined experiences promise to offer wisdom and inspiration for new entrepreneurs. If…
Read MoreZeal celebrates graduates of inaugural CO.STARTERS cohort
On March 16, the team at the Zeal Center for Entrepreneurship hosted a graduation ceremony for its first CO.STARTERS cohort. The hybrid event began with a Zoom gathering that featured commentary from Zeal executive director Brienne Maner, cohort facilitator Eric Weisser and Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken. Event attendees included Zeal board members and startup…
Read MoreLittle Tykes University founder, Corri Poore, brings his dream to life with new location
Corri Poore got his first taste of early childhood education as a child himself, helping his mother out in her classroom. “Summers looked like helping her break down the classroom, and then we’d come in and set it up again in the fall, putting up bulletin boards and laminating things, all of that,” Poore said.…
Read MoreGet to know your next CO.STARTERS facilitator, Ty Vuong
The Zeal Center for Entrepreneurship is already gearing up for its second CO.STARTERS accelerator cohort, beginning May 4. Applications opened up Feb. 22 and remain open through March 14. While the structure of the cohort remains the same each time around, one thing that will change is the instructors. This time, the group will be…
Read MoreApply now for Zeal’s second CO.STARTERS cohort
The Zeal Center for Entrepreneurship is excited to announce that applications are once again open for CO.STARTERS, a 10-week accelerator program for entrepreneurs and their growth-stage startups. The inaugural CO.STARTERS cohort is over halfway through the program at this point, and the Zeal team has been thrilled with the experience and its reception thus far.…
Read MoreIt’s National Entrepreneurship Week — Get to know some CO.STARTERS participants
As we celebrate National Entrepreneurship Week, CO.STARTERS participants at the Zeal Center for Entrepreneurship have just crossed the halfway mark in their 10-week program. CO.STARTERS is an experience designed to provide structure, support and resources for entrepreneurs to execute on their business ideas. Participants represent a variety of industries. For instance, Naomi Blank started Ubwiza Boutique…
Read MoreZeal Center aims to become the hub for business mentorship and networking
As mentorship continues to be a significant focus for Sioux Falls, the Zeal Center for Entrepreneurship has begun building its own network of mentors for entrepreneurs. “I have to give credit to the City of Sioux Falls for taking the initiative with the Sioux 52 program and setting some really big goals to become a…
Read MoreCO.STARTERS Rebuild guides small-business owners past unexpected roadblocks
Running a small business is never easy. Add a worldwide pandemic to the picture, and countless businesses nationwide have struggled to stay afloat. Some have even closed their doors permanently. Here in Sioux Falls, one program is trying to mitigate some of that damage. You’ve probably heard about CO.STARTERS by now — the accelerator program…
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