Do Business With Purpose Summit

Join entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, lenders, funders and business support organizations from across Greater Minnesota for the Do Business With Purpose Summit.

This one-day event is designed for those ready to strengthen their business operations, improve capital readiness and build sustainable growth. Attendees will hear from experienced practitioners, participate in practical breakout sessions and connect with others who are committed to creating both economic and community impact.

Topics include:

• Business readiness and sustainable growth
• Building business credit
• Accessing capital
• Entrepreneur stories and lessons learned
• Networking and collaboration opportunities

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Space is limited! Register Here: https://capitalreadiness2026.sched.com/

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Why This is the Summit for You
Join us to become more prepared, profitable and sustainable!

Join social entrepreneurs, business owners, nonprofit leaders, foundations,
banks, ecosystem builders, advisors and investors for a high-impact, one-day
summit focused on helping Greater Minnesota businesses become more
prepared, profitable and sustainable.

If your purpose is strong but your systems are stretched, you’re not alone. Join
us as we learn together so there’s less guesswork, stronger systems, smarter
growth and greater impact.

What You Can Expect

• One day.
• Expert speakers.
• Real conversations. Real tools. Real solutions.
• Curated sessions focused on social enterprise, business readiness and sustainable growth.
• Practical tools you can implement immediately—not someday.
• Small-group sessions designed for deeper conversation and hands-on learning.
• Purposeful networking with experienced leaders who understand mission and money.
• Clear, actionable takeaways.

This is not a summit where you come for passive inspiration. This is a summit
for do-ers.

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Why This Summit Matters Now

When funding, partnerships or capital become available, too many businesses are not positioned to access, manage or leverage them well:

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• The mission is clear, but the business structure is not.
• The community is engaged, but the revenue to drive the mission is inconsistent.
• Opportunities are showing up, but your organization’s operational capacity isn’t ready.

Business readiness is not just about getting money. It’s about having the
strategy, systems, structure and story to grow with intention. For social enterprise ventures—including nonprofits and purpose-driven businesses—sustainability requires more than passion. It requires alignment:

• Your purpose needs a model.
• Your impact needs infrastructure.
• Your mission needs money.

Because purpose without readiness can lead to burnout. Engagement without
strategy can lead to missed opportunities. And profit without purpose can lose the very people you were called to serve.

Why This Summit Is For You

This summit intentionally cuts across sectors, because purpose-driven
growth does not happen in isolation.

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This summit is for …
• Social entrepreneurs ready to generate revenue and community value
• Entrepreneurs and small business owners who want to move beyond hustle into structured and scalable growth
• Nonprofit leaders looking to strengthen financial strategy, engagement, operations and long-term sustainability
• Foundations and funders seeking to better support mission-aligned and business-ready entities
• Lenders and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)
focused on preparing entrepreneurs and businesses to successfully access, manage and deploy capital

If you are tired of patching things together and ready to build something that actually works, this summit is for you.

It’s time to do business differently—with strategy, readiness and impact.
Because the future belongs to those who do business with purpose.

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Register Here: https://capitalreadiness2026.sched.com/

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