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From Monday, October 9, through Sunday, October 15, Beta.MN will be hosting its annual Twin Cities Startup Week. This FREE week-long event will showcase the best from the Startup Capital of the North through more than 100 events taking place across Minneapolis/Saint Paul.
Local innovators, artists and entrepreneurs will be hosting events and seminars on topics from marketing analytics and hacking for change to a sensory tasting panel.
You can learn more about the 2017 Startup Week event on the official website, Twitter, and Facebook, and take a look at the full schedule of the events and seminars.
Tickets can be purchased here.
Full Stack Saint Paul to host Saint Paul Startup Crawl
 On Thursday, October 12, Full Stack Saint Paul is hosting its first-ever Saint Paul Startup Crawl in conjunction with Saint Paul Startup Week. Downtown startups will be rolling out the red carpet for locals and visitors who are interested in learning more about the Saint Paul startup scene.
This is a fantastic (and free!) opportunity to explore office spaces, grab some free refreshments, network, and even drop off your resume.
About Full Stack Saint Paul
Full Stack Saint Paul is a public/private sector collaboration, co-led by the City of Saint Paul and the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce, that provides a full range of services to help tech and innovation sector businesses start up and scale up in Saint Paul.
Register now!
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 Mayor Chris Coleman recently announced that Mortensen Construction is exceeding goals for workforce inclusion and contracting with small, women, and minority-owned businesses on the construction of Allianz Field, the new Major League Soccer stadium in the Midway neighborhood.
These goals were set forth as part of the development and use agreement negotiated between the City and Minnesota United FC (MNUFC) in 2016.
An August report from Mortensen shows that the number of hours spent working on the site by people of color and women are surpassing goals of 32% and 6%, through August at 36% and 10%, respectively.
This agreement between Mortensen and the City also set a goal of 25% of subcontracts on the site being local businesses. As of August 2017, small business subcontracts represent 27% of the total available.
The private investment that Allianz has facilitated in partnership with the City and MNUFC has also created over 17,500 hours of construction jobs, to date, and will support new permanent jobs once the stadium is complete.
The 346,000-square-foot facility will offer seating for nearly 20,000 fans, including 25 suites, 38 semi-private loge boxes, and four club rooms. Designed by Populous, the stadium will incorporate the latest amenities and technology while being sustainably designed to minimize environmental impact and energy usage.
To learn more about the stadium development, visit mnufc.com/stadium.
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Minneapolis/Saint Paul celebrates, inspires entrepreneurs
 Build your small business skills and find support and inspiration with expert speakers, panels and workshops, exhibitors, and more during the Entrepreneur Expo, hosted at the Minneapolis Central Library.
This free event includes three different workshops and four panel discussions to choose from. Your customized schedule along with networking opportunities will allow you to ask questions and explore or enhance your entrepreneurial aspirations.
Learn more and register!
 This summer and fall, a wide range of businesses and civic and community
organizations teamed up with the Musicant Group to create a more inviting
and vibrant space for transit riders, employees, residents, and visitors in the
block surrounding the Green Line’s Central Station.
This once vacant 1,300-square-foot space was transformed through temporary improvements like café-style seating, lawn chairs, beanbag toss games, spaces for food trucks, and local musicians. This gave Saint Paul’s downtown community a chance to engage with each other while on their lunch break or way home from work.
These efforts caught the eye of the Pioneer Press and the Star Tribune, as well as the attention of everyone walking around this area of downtown this summer and fall.
To see all of the events that happened through Pop-Ups at Central Station, please visit the program’s official Facebook page.
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