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Mar 23, 2021

On the Exponential podcast, we are always on the hunt for alternative sources of capital to talk about and discuss and expose to our audience because only a tiny fraction of startups – 1%– secure the two most talked about sources of funding – Venture and Angel Capital.

And in this podcast, we are discussing...


Feb 1, 2021

In the newest Exponential Podcast, we discuss an alternative source of capital with Pat Dillion who is responsible for the strategic direction and leadership of MNSBIR and its services to startups and small businesses in Minnesota. MNSBIR provides mentoring and coaching; training and education; to...


May 4, 2020

As an entrepreneur and startup founder, you have to start selling your offering somewhere! For many, unless they pick the right market and the right people to engage with, they won't be able to generate the traction needed to either attract outside capital or produce it on their own to finance their...


Apr 20, 2020

As important a resource as VC and angel investors are, …this type of startup financing is accessible to a very small population of entrepreneurs. Only about 0.05% of startups raise venture money or .91% of young companies raise angel money. Or putting it another way, ONLY 1 out of 100 startups get funded by either...


Mar 9, 2020

What does it take to startup and build a company designed to help startups?

In this edition of the Exponential Podcast, we’ll hear that story, the growth story of the MESA Group, a firm founded in the middle of the great recession to help nurture and grow software startups in Minnesota and do so at a time when the...