A big congrats to Grand Forks-based Airtonomy for making it to the top 5 of the Genius NY program. They will compete for $3 million in direct investment, with one grand prize of up to $1 million and four $500,000 awards.

On this episode of The Ecosystem Builder Podcast, MugNews interviews Emerging Prairie’s Greg Tehven.

The Future of our Cities: Shark Tank Reverse Pitch is a novel way to help scale ideas and learn about new innovations. We invite you to submit your ideas by 9/13 and join the Future of our Cities track hosted by Smart North at University Enterprise Labs on 9/20 at UEL in St. Paul.

So you have your startup idea and are ready to rock but have you ever stopped to think about your competition? Have you considered that someone might have already had your idea, and even worse, has already started bringing it to life? Competition is the fourth most common reason startups fail so it is imperative to be aware of your competition. 

CanArctic is a five-day (1 day per week) virtual event developed to inform U.S. businesses of export opportunities in the mining, defense, telecommunication, infrastructure, and clean technology sectors, for use in the Arctic regions of Canada. U.S. companies will participate in presentations delivered by Federal and Provincial government speakers, Indigenous associations and corporations, and private industry representatives.

IFundWomen Entrepreneur of the Year (IFWEOY21) is our biggest funding program yet that rewards and celebrates extraordinary women entrepreneurs who have proven product-market fit, driven growth, and demonstrated a meaningful impact through their businesses. The grand prize winner, or Entrepreneur of the Year, will be the recipient of IFundWomen’s historic first equity investment of $100,000.

Startup of the Year pitch competition for startups - online rolling application through 9/30