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Welcome to Enterprise Institute
The Enterprise Institute is a private, non-profit corporation that provides business development and commercialization services to researchers, inventors and start-up companies in the region.
The Institute provides confidential and free consulting through the Small Business Development Center and offers specialized fee-based services to entrepreneurs seeking equity financing and to researchers and inventors that need preliminary commercialization assistance.
The Institute also manages several RAIN® funds (Regional Angel Investment Network) that provide equity capital for emerging companies in their communities.
Recent News
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"Enterprise Institute Announces New Director and Board"
The Enterprise Institute Board of Directors has named Tim Weelborg as its new Executive Director. Weelborg has been acting as Interim Director since September and has been an Assistant Director of the Institute since 2003. Weelborg is a graduate of South Dakota State University in Business Economics and is also a certified Economic Development Finance Professional.
The Enterprise Institute also has seated a new Board of Directors that includes: Al Kurtenbach of Brookings, Duane Sander of Brookings, Keith Bartels of Mitchell, Steve Stahl y of West Des Moines, Craig Anderson of Sioux Falls, Errol EerNisse of Salt Lake City UT, Ryan Krogman of Brookings, Jerry Lohr of Saratoga, CA, Jamison Rounds of Crooks, and Brad Wheeler of Lemmon, SD.
About the Enterprise Institute:
The Enterprise Institute is a private, non-profit corporation that provides business development and commercialization services to researchers, inventors and start-up companies in the region. The Institute provides confidential and free consulting through the Small Business Development Center and offers specialized fee-based services to entrepreneurs seeking equity financing and to researchers and inventors that need preliminary commercialization assistance. The Institute also manages several RAIN ® funds (Regional Angel Investment Network) that provide equity capital for emerging companies in their communities.
South Dakota Innovation Partners, LLC
South Dakota Innovation Partners, LLC is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating science and technology-based economic development, while providing a return on investment to its limited partners.
They provide a world-class business development environment for commercializing research-derived innovations and new technologies through the formation of new business ventures.
South Dakota Innovation Partners, LLC executes a disciplined investment approach for identifying, evaluating, and developing early-stage investment opportunities. They focus their resources on the opportunities that provide the greatest visibility to the most promising outcome for its constituents.
For more information you may visit the Innovation Partners website here.
Launch '10
Launch '10 is a one day event advancing Entrepreneurship education throughout South Dakota. Join students, educators and community/economic development leaders for a promising dynamic and educational experience.
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Enterprise Institute has new office locations
The Enterprise Institute recently moved its operations to new locations in both Brookings and Sioux Falls. The moves bring the Enterprise Institute closer to start-up companies and other business resource providers that new business need. Click here for the full story.
