marketing un/academy

12/10/2024

As we reflect on the past year, we want to thank the change makers. Thank you for believing, for taking the chances, for growing your small business and strengthening your communities. We know it isn't easy, but you keep moving forward ❤
You are inspiring, you are the reason we love our work!

11/13/2024

We had a great time hearing from MacKenzie Dohmann, owner of Pink Apron Bakery in our latest Lost & Found episode!

Listen in to hear her story & about her LOVE of her work!


Learn more @ https://marketingunacademy.com/blogs/podcast/pink-apron-bakery-with-mackenzie-dohmann

Pink Apron Bakery: https://www.pinkapronbakery.com/

11/13/2024

MacKenzie Dohmann, owner of Pink Apron Bakery, is our guest on the 24th episode of the Lost & Found podcast!

MacKenzie believes in being unique and making the ordinary extraordinary! Listen in to hear MacKenzie's start up story and her unique business model of customer ordering, creating excitement, scarcity and skyrocketing demand.

Listen in: https://marketingunacademy.com/blogs/podcast/pink-apron-bakery-with-mackenzie-dohmann
and learn more about Pink Apron Bakery https://www.pinkapronbakery.com/

MacKenzie Dohmann believes in being unique and making the ordinary extraordinary. She has always felt the desire to be her own boss and at a young age pursued a degree in business and entrepreneurship. After school, she worked at a large bakery and grew her childhood passion of baking that was ignit...

10/16/2024

Here’s to the 150+ small businesses and entrepreneurs we’ve gotten to know through our redstar marketing un/academy.

You are the changemakers bringing new ideas, jobs, energy, revenue and hope to rural communities across Minnesota. Your journey is difficult and full of challenges, but you do it anyway.

Here’s to the 150+ small businesses and entrepreneurs we’ve gotten to know through our redstar marketing unacademy. These changemakers bring new ideas, jobs,...

08/14/2024

Thought provoking words of wisdom from Seth.

My friend’s organization is working with a branding studio to think about how they appear to people who don’t know them well. This is sometimes called ‘rebranding.’ What is …

07/29/2024

New Podcast Episode Featuring Hannah Jo Peura, Compass Rose in Bemidji MN!

Hannah Peura believes in celebrating life's moments, big and small. Her love of celebrating, keen eye, and want for unique gifts led her to starting Compass Rose in Bemidji MN almost 7 years ago. Hannah is a young entrepreneur who is not afraid to fail. Her grit and determination have allowed her to pivot and grow her business from an extra bedroom in her home, to a 500 square foot retail space, to her current downtown two story location. It is in this location where she now operates her retail store, Compass Rose, and Creative Compass, a wholesale business where she puts her design skills to work creating product and offering custom designs for other retailers and clients around the midwest.

Listen in as we talk with Hannah about taking calculated risks, growing a business and a family, and being a retailer in a community centered around tourism.

Watch the episode on YouTube
https://youtu.be/gMrOLBepN30

Listen on Apple Podcast or Spotify

Learn more about Compass Rose:
https://compass-rose.com/

Creative Compass:
https://shopcreativecompass.com/

Hannah Peura believes in celebrating life's moments, big and small. Her love of celebrating, keen eye, and want for unique gifts led her to starting Compass ...

06/06/2024

🎙️New Lost & Found Podcast: Featuring Nicholas Klein, Walnut Grove Mercantile, Marshall MN

Nicholas Klein believes in generosity and equal opportunity. He believes that all people should have the chance to follow their ambitions and is working to make those dreams possible one piece of fudge at a time.

Listen in as we talk with Nick, a third generation business owner in training, who is working to make a delicious difference through his family business Walnut Grove Mercantile and Klein Foods in Marshall, MN. In this episode, Nick walks us through the evolution of Klein Foods from its beginning with Grandpa Raymond in 1951, evolving with his parents Steve and Kay to include Walnut Grove Mercantile, to its successful fudge fundraising programs impacting hundreds of community groups across the country.

Learn More about Walnut Grove Mercantile and their work to make a delicious difference @ https://walnutgrovemerc.com/

Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & un/academy YouTube:
https://youtu.be/71Otkjxrnl0?si=To1fSK6Auhe-vlzS

Nicholas Klein believes in generosity and equal opportunity. He believes that all people should have the chance to follow their ambitions and is working to m...

05/16/2024

un/academy program alumni:
mark your calendar and save the date for our 3rd Annual Love Your Work Retreat: Sunday, September 29 & Monday, September 30

This event is for all alumni. It is an awesome opportunity to gather with rural business owners, share ideas, work through new ideas in our custom workshops, have some fun and celebrate you- the entrepreneurs, boundary pushers, risk takers and change makers.

Invite with more information to follow-

We hope you can join us!

05/02/2024

New Lost & Found Podcast launched today!

Emma Weber believes everyone has a place at the table and deserves to be seen. She believes that each person brings something unique to share and our differences make a beautiful impact. Emma is a young entrepreneur that has traveled across the globe doing mission work and returned home to Dawson Minnesota where she took the leap and purchased a main street business to start Gnometown Grounds, a coffee shop & retail space. Listen in as we discuss the challenges around being a young business owner in your hometown and the aspirations Emma has to own a successful coffee shop and so much more.

Real stories, real entrepreneurs in rural Minnesota.

Emma Weber believes everyone has a place at the table and deserves to be seen. She believes that each person brings something unique to share and our differ...

05/01/2024

If you met Michael Frederick Bregel 'Breegs" at our events, had the opportunity to have a conversation or even hear his insight and exclamations in an introduction, you have had the opportunity to glimpse into the magical human that he was.

It is with great sadness that we share the news of Mike's passing after a battle with cancer, a battle that in all of Mike's magic he twisted into a journey that taught us about resilience, faith, love and joy.....

There is so much that we will miss on this earth without Mike in it. He worked very closely with our agency, was alumni of our community and a friend. He is a person that brought joy, authenticity, curiosity and contemplation into everything that he did. So with all this.... we invite you to find joy today and everyday. In honor of Mike- be your true authentic self and share it with the world. In Mike's absence, the world needs you more than ever. Go forth- be magical- be authentic- make an impact- be you.

You can listen into Mike's entrepreneurial journey and hear his story from a podcast that we had the opportunity to record with him last February. https://youtu.be/n4x4nz-S4qg?si=_kyX6lrF1fKmp4L0

More details about a memorial will be posted when it is available.

03/20/2024

We are excited to welcome our latest graduates of the Business Reinvention program to our marketing un/academy community!

We say it with every program, but we truly feel fortunate to work with this community of change makers, boundary pushers, rebel small business owners. This community is why we LOVE OUR WORK!

Keep it up. Small business owners change the world.

03/01/2024

Newest Episode featuring Autumn Lee, owner of Sunshine & Whiskey Filling Station, in Watson MN, a town of 180 people.
Listen in for a motivating story about grit, hope, hustle, putting in the work and rebuilding a community one step at a time.

Watch online:
https://marketingunacademy.com/blogs/podcast/sunshine-whiskey-filling-station-with-autumn-lee

Listen on:
Apple Podcast, Spotify or Google Play