New Hope is hosting Thriving Thursdays with Elevate Hennepin, a business-support initiative from Hennepin County that offers no-cost consulting, focused cohorts and a hub of resources.

This pop-up, in-person, office hours-style opportunity offers entrepreneurs a simple way to ask questions, learn, and identify the next step for their idea or business.

Through this monthly opportunity, entrepreneurs can:

• Connect with professional Elevate Hennepin consultants for legal questions, marketing guidance, business strategy and more.
• Identify resources that would support their business or idea.
• Build their network with local business leaders and City staff.

Participants will leave with a clear path forward or the tools to guide them.

Thriving Thursdays is a collaboration between New Hope and Hennepin County that brings professional advisors into our City’s business community for questions, conversation and guidance.

Your advisors for Thursday, Nov. 20 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at New Hope City Hall are:

Khoo Consulting (Marketing)
Our process of using data to inform strategies includes integrating deep-level diversity practices that reflect and resonate with audiences from all backgrounds and experiences. We educate clients so they are in full control of their decisions and collaborate with them to move those decisions to action. Khoo Consulting is a certified target market woman-owned small business, with a certification in diversity and inclusion. We collaborate with clients to manage risk and prepare their businesses for robust growth.

ConnectUP! Institute (Business Strategy)
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. 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.

Join us anytime between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. to ask questions, connect and learn.