About us
This group is dedicated to starting, running and growing your independent business/career.
We are independent businesspeople and there are over 38.2 million adult Americans of all ages, skills, and income levels. This includes: consultants, freelancers, contractors, solopreneurs, microbusiness owners, temporary or on-call workers—who regularly work independently to build businesses, develop their careers, pursue passions, and/or supplement their incomes. This group is to provide opportunities to learn from one-another.
As the economy regains its footing in 2021 and beyond, independent workers will return to strong growth as they did in the aftermath of the last recession.
Who are independents? We include:
• Millennials - who are growing into prominence as drivers of independent work and the largest cohort in the workforce.
• Baby Boomers - who continue to work well past traditional retirement age and show no signs of departing from the independent path.
• Gen Z - who are developing into one of the most entrepreneurial generations ever.
We offer free webinars, networking, facilitated discussions and more to build our community.
All sessions will be via Zoom until meeting in-person is possible again.
Upcoming events
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FREE WEBINAR: How to Create a Lean Business Plan
·OnlineOnlineA lean business plan provides a streamlined solution for defining and communicating your business vision. It’s a business planning tool specifically designed for start-ups and entrepreneurs and focuses on problems, solutions, key metrics, and competitive advantages. It’s easy to follow and understand.
Advantages of a Lean Plan:- Supports a quick launch.
- Avoids writing a lengthy document that no one reads.
- Avoids the analysis-paralysis that often comes with long business plan development.
A lean plan does what every business owner and aspiring startup needs to manage strategy, tactics, execution, and essential business numbers. It guides you and your company toward achieving goals, tracking and managing progress, and accountability.
Join us to learn how to create a lean plan with practical examples. You’ll receive a FREE Lean Plan template to get started and the e-book Lean Planning to help guide you after the webinar.
Get your business on the fast track to success. Register today!
Have questions? Contact us at info@mbmentors.org
MBMentors is an all-volunteer non-profit helping start-ups and small businesses throughout Minnesota for FREE! www.mbmentors.org
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FREE WEBINAR: The Art and Strategy of Writing a Winning Proposal
·OnlineOnlineThe Art and Strategy of Writing a Winning Proposal is a 90-minute webinar designed to help you begin mastering both the art and strategy behind developing stronger, more competitive proposals.
Many proposals lose not because an organization is unqualified, but because their response lacks strategic alignment, compelling messaging, or a clear understanding of what gives evaluators confidence in the organization’s ability to deliver.
This webinar will help you move beyond approaching proposal development as a routine writing task or box-checking exercise, but rather a strategic business function that strengthens positioning,
communicates value, and improves competitiveness. You will learn what makes a winning proposal, how to assess opportunity fit and organizational readiness, how to align responses to evaluator expectations, and how to turn technical, programmatic, and financial input into compelling content.The session will also address common weaknesses that reduce proposal quality and competitiveness, while offering practical guidance to strengthen planning, coordination, responsiveness, and overall submission performance.
What You Will Gain:
- A clearer understanding of what makes a winning proposal
- Practical strategies for mastering the art of compelling proposal writing
- Insight into how to align proposals to evaluator expectations
- Greater awareness of common weaknesses and how to avoid them
- Actionable guidance to strengthen proposal development processes and long-term performance
To support immediate implementation, you will receive a Winning Proposal Development Toolkit featuring a Bid/No-Bid Decision Tool, a Winning Proposal Checklist, and a Common Weaknesses to Avoid Guide after the webinar. These practical resources are designed to help participants strengthen proposal quality, improve pursuit decisions, and increase competitiveness right away.
Join us to learn how to write winning proposals that strengthen your competitive position and improve your ability to win.Register today!
Have questions? Contact us at info@mbmentors.org
MBMentors is an all-volunteer non-profit helping start-ups and small businesses throughout Minnesota for FREE! www.mbmentors.org
1 attendee
Past events
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