Ever wanted to ask an expert about your business? Well, you’re in luck, because Startup Office Hours is back! If you have a business problem you don’t know how to solve, wish you could talk to someone who has knowledge you don’t, or if there’s some other reason you could use a chat with an entrepreneurial mentor, Startup Office Hours may be right for you.

On Thursday, May 18th from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, we are offering 25 minute time slots for entrepreneurs to chat one-on-one with one of three Sioux Falls area business mentors. 

Featured Business Mentors:

John Beranek

John Beranek, CTF, Lead Facilitator established Intersections Consulting 24 years ago, where he helps clients have the conversations they need to move their organizations into the future. He helps managers, owners and entrepreneurs as they work to gain more clarity in how they want to show up in their work and interact with staff/customers.  He holds the mirror up to behaviors and helps clients connect, intersect and navigate in the working world as a motivated leader.

Areas of Expertise:

• Team building
• Motivational speaking
• Strategy
• Facilitation
• Coaching

Vince Danh

Vince is a content-maker and creative consultant who considers Sioux Falls to be his hometown and the Greatest Little City in America. He grew up in the city’s first Vietnamese restaurant and has the burns and taste to prove it. 

After graduating from Loyola University Chicago, he returned to Sioux Falls in 2014 and focused on working with non-English speaking business-owners as both an interpreter and financial advisor. In 2016, he founded Vincent Gene as a photography business that eventually grew into a creative consultant and digital media production firm. He is a co-founder and studio partner at 4Front Studios, creative director at Vincent Gene, and creative producer at GTZP.org.

Areas of Expertise:

• Content Creation
• Visual Branding
• Marketing
• Photography
• Videography

Kuol Malou

Kuol Malou is an exceptional community engagement leader residing in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Born in what is now known as South Sudan, Kuol fled the civil war’s turmoil as a refugee and arrived in the United States in 1998. Since then, he has dedicated his life to building connections and empowering individuals within his community, serving as a shining example of perseverance and determination.

Kuol’s journey has taken him across the country, spending time on both coasts and in the South before ultimately settling in the Midwest. It was there that he discovered his innate talent for building relationships and began pursuing a career in business. After graduating from high school, he attended Western Iowa Tech, where he further honed his skills and discovered his passion for community service.

Kuol is a versatile professional with a diverse skill set that includes expertise in entrepreneurial development, coaching, business coaching and non-profit management, design thinking, brand ambassadorship, public speaking, community engagement, and business management coaching.

As the Co-Founder of The HUB, a non-profit organization in Sioux Falls, Kuol is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of programs that support the organization’s mission of empowering underserved communities through entrepreneurship and innovation.

Areas of Expertise:

• Entrepreneurial development
• Branding and professional development coaching
• Business coaching and non-profit management
• Design thinking
• Brand ambassadorship
• Public speaking
• Community engagement
• Business management coaching

If you are interested in this opportunity, please fill out this brief form to express your interest. We will do our best to match you with a mentor for the next Office Hours event, but we will keep your information on file for future months if we aren’t able to properly match you this month.

This event is being organized by Startup Sioux Falls. As an added benefit, mentees receive a free day pass to our coworking space in our new offices in downtown Sioux Falls!

We’d like to thank our Builder Level Sponsors for making this event possible: Boyce Law Firm, Bruce Watley (USF Entrepreneurial Studies Program), Eide Bailly, First Bank & Trust, First National Bank in Sioux Falls, First PREMIER Bank, Homegrown Capital, MarketBeat, Midwest Employee Benefits, Pendar Properties, Sanford Health Plan, Tiger29, Voyage Federal Credit Union

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