Previous MN Cup winner Andrew Jones offers advice for new applicants.

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When building a startup, delays are inevitable. What you do with that downtime can set the tone for how your product launches.
Driven by their daughter’s medical scare, Annamarie and Paul Saarinen are building Bloom Standard into a global medtech company.
Nonprofit group Clean Energy Economy Minnesota is using a fresh investment from the state to foster a new ecosystem for sustainability-oriented businesses.
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Nonprofit group Clean Energy Economy Minnesota is using a fresh investment from the state to foster a new ecosystem for sustainability-oriented businesses.
Meet five Minnesota entrepreneurs taking big swings at health care innovation that could improve disease detection and treatment.
The company has opened two small-format clinics in PetSmart stores in Colorado.
Business operators-turned-investors make the case for putting their capital and expertise back into Minnesota’s startup ecosystem.
The team’s “Creator’s Corner” at Gate 34 is back with three new businesses run by women and people of color.
The Twin Cities is in the running for millions of federal dollars as a newly designated "tech hub." It could determine whether our longtime status as a medtech epicenter continues.
The new Starts Venture partnership is aimed at accelerating health care startups in Minnesota.
Don't quit your day job, and other advice on setting your business up for success and standing up to a shark from Busy Baby founder Beth Fynbo.
Hundreds of Black business owners will converge at the Minnesota Capitol next week to speak with lawmakers and advocate for support.
Founded by two moms and an uncle, Camperoni offers a centralized platform designed to ease the usual hassle of registering kids for camps.
After creating a popular quilting tool years ago, Gudrun Erla built a niche teaching people how to sew locally and around the world.
After the demise of Stalk & Spade, the former fitness entrepreneur is focusing on his other fast-casual concept.
CardioMech is developing a device to treat heart valve disease.
A MN Cup student division winner in 2019, Jackson Lefebvre sold his parking services app to Nashville-based Parking Management Company.
The OneRF system is set to launch officially in the first half of 2024 and could be used to treat a range of neurological conditions.