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Brad Heitmann, Trail Tamer ATV, Inc., is one of seven outstanding South Dakota business owners chosen to be Entrepreneur Fellows at the recent Dakota Rising State Entrepreneur Conference held in Sioux Falls.
Heitmann was selected from the Glacial Lakes Dakota Rising region, comprised of Day, Marshall and Roberts counties with the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Lake Traverse Reservation.
Each of the seven Fellows will be given the opportunity to work with mentors to focus on personal development and the growth of their businesses. The second annual Dakota Rising State Entrepreneur Conference was held recently, with the seven new Fellows being awarded $10,000 at a gala event. The Fellows will become members of a Fellowship community of rural South Dakota entrepreneurs which includes entrepreneurial mentors and the eight 2009 Dakota Rising Fellows. All Dakota Rising Fellows also benefit from a peer advisory board and ongoing focused technical assistance.
Brad joins the 2009 Fellows from the Glacial Lakes Dakota Rising Region. 2009 Fellows are Paul Haugen of Powdertech, Mark Stein of ESCO Mfg., Kory Anderson of Anderson Industries, Inc., and Kristin Bennett of YES, LLC.
To find out more about Dakota Rising to see if your business could benefit, contact our office at 605-345-3159 or wadc@webstersd.com
Back Row: Mark Stein, Kory Anderson, Scott Anderson
Front Row: Paul Haugen, Brad Heitmann, Kristin Bennett
Brad Heitmann, Trail Tamer ATV, Inc., is one of seven outstanding South Dakota business owners chosen to be Entrepreneur Fellows at the recent Dakota Rising State Entrepreneur Conference held in Sioux Falls.
Heitmann was selected from the Glacial Lakes Dakota Rising region, comprised of Day, Marshall and Roberts counties with the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Lake Traverse Reservation.
Each of the seven Fellows will be given the opportunity to work with mentors to focus on personal development and the growth of their businesses. The second annual Dakota Rising State Entrepreneur Conference was held recently, with the seven new Fellows being awarded $10,000 at a gala event. The Fellows will become members of a Fellowship community of rural South Dakota entrepreneurs which includes entrepreneurial mentors and the eight 2009 Dakota Rising Fellows. All Dakota Rising Fellows also benefit from a peer advisory board and ongoing focused technical assistance.
Brad joins the 2009 Fellows from the Glacial Lakes Dakota Rising Region. 2009 Fellows are Paul Haugen of Powdertech, Mark Stein of ESCO Mfg., Kory Anderson of Anderson Industries, Inc., and Kristin Bennett of YES, LLC.
To find out more about Dakota Rising to see if your business could benefit, contact our office at 605-345-3159 or wadc@webstersd.com
Back Row: Mark Stein, Kory Anderson, Scott Anderson
Front Row: Paul Haugen, Brad Heitmann, Kristin Bennett
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Dakota Rising is a program designed to spur a renaissance of South Dakota's rural economy. This exciting opportunity strategically partners with local communities to invigorate rural entrepreneurs and their enterprises. By deeply investing financial and human resources, we can grow the capacity of individuals and thus grow their ventures.
All across our state, on ranches, tribal lands and farmsteads, neighbors still gather for a barn raising, turning an empty landscape into a productive building. Communities have historically known how to gather together and support an inspiring individual's vision for economic change. Today, we continue this tradition, as we support an entrepreneur's dream, which has the power to transform our rural landscape from a rugged frontier to a vibrant economy.
Once again, it is time to renovate the landscape and invest in individuals' dreams for change. Dakota Rising, an exciting new rural entrepreneur fellowship program, sets the foundation for making those visions possible.
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"The Dakota Rising program brought together inspiring minds from different types of businesses to work together for the benefit of each other. The training seminars really pushed us outside our normal comfort levels to become more effective business leaders. The Dakota Rising program helped me clearly realize bottlenecks that I had in my own business that pushed me to expand and grow my company."
Kory Anderson, Anderson Industries - Andover, SD
"The Dakota Rising program brought together inspiring minds from different types of businesses to work together for the benefit of each other. The training seminars really pushed us outside our normal comfort levels to become more effective business leaders. The Dakota Rising program helped me clearly realize bottlenecks that I had in my own business that pushed me to expand and grow my company."
Kory Anderson, Anderson Industries - Andover, SD
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