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During our sixth week at CO.STARTERS, we were joined by someone who has experienced their fair share of high and lows in the financial services industry. Ross Almlie serves as President of Future Bright, a financial and investment advisory business that serves individual investors, small businesses, and large company retirement plans.

The North Dakota Women's Business Center regularly hosts events and programming to support women in business and entrepreneurship. One of their signature events is called "Strong Women, Strong Coffee." Read a review of their January hosting of the event.

This week at CO.STARTERS, we explored why legal stuff matters and the steps you need to take to address legal concerns when launching your business. We were also joined by Miguel Danielson, Founder & Managing Member of Danielson Legal, LLC, who fielded questions related to intellectual property protections for our ideas.

Are you an entrepreneur looking for funding? The Nice Center has comprised a list of competitions and grants held across the country for ND and MN students. Check out our ever-updating list of opportunities and get dollars to develop your idea.

The Nice Center’s mission is to help students and faculty at NDSU become entrepreneurial, we want to showcase their skills and provide them with an online platform to sell their products. Are you a creator or maker with something to sell? We'll help!

This week at CO.STARTERS, we developed the internal processes needed to keep our business running -- distribution, revenue collection, and pricing. We also welcomed a special guest speaker, and CO.STARTERS alumna, Christy Tehven of Love Always Floral.

Do you and your customer have the right relationship? Maybe it's time to explore that a little deeper. In our third week at CO.STARTERS, we talked about strategies to employ for getting, keeping, and growing our customer base. Read more to find out what we identify as the foundations of a healthy customer relationship.

If we want women to lead, we need to hire them. Meet some of the female leaders in our community and nominate more.

By empathizing with our customers, we're able to shape our products and services to provide the most value to their lives. In our second week at CO.STARTERS, we learned the best questions to ask to help us better understand our customers.

Have a business or product idea but need help getting started? Join CO.STARTERS' 9-week program to help you move from idea to action!