ConnectUP! Institute

ConnectUP! Institute is an Elevate Hennepin business advisor offering up to 25 hours of services at no cost, including:

• Business operations
• Communications strategy & development
• Business strategy
• Business growth development
• Business structure and modeling
• Financial management development

We provide community, content, connections, and capital for businesses 0-10 years old that are non-tech. We focus on supporting you in developing your ‘back office’ through three critical areas of business growth and development: operations, communications, and financials.
ConnectUP! Institute is a social finance and enterprise development studio. We provide education, consulting, and collaboration on innovative social finance as well as enterprise development for entrepreneurs from underestimated communities.

In addition to our no-cost services, we offer the following paid programming:

• Lunar Startups Accelerator
• Capital Readiness Accelerator
• BossUP Circles (90-minute workshops)
• ConnectUP! Summit
• Digital learning content

We advance underserved communities through capital and capacity building.