• The Chat - S3 Episode 2: Recap and How to Respond to RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs
    Jan 22 2024

    In our second episode, we recap some of our Season 1 and Season 2 episodes, highlighting entrepreneurs in Minneapolis/Saint Paul as well as our community trailblazers who are paving the way to level the playing field for us!  This episode also launches our "Nuggets of Knowledge" series - offering tips and tricks to get you a tick mark on the WIN column!  In this episode, we share the best approach in "How to Respond to RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs!"

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    59 mins
  • The Chat -Season 3 Kicks Off with a Launch on our YouTube Channel!
    Jan 14 2024

    We are back for Season 3 - Join us as we kick off this season with a new channel on You Tube while continuing with a simulcast on WFNU 94.1 FM - Frogtown Community Radio! 

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • The Chat: Belkis Cruz - Co Founder LBR Partners
    Apr 28 2023

    In this episode, R. Lynn Pingol and Jared Petersen chats with Belkis Cruz who shares her "construction and development" journey in the Twin Cities.  Belkis shares her passion and desire to help the Latino community in excelling in the procurement and contracting realm too!  

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    56 mins
  • The Chat: Victoria Yepez - VY Management
    Apr 28 2023

    R. Lynn Pingol and Jared Petersen chat about Victoria's journey as a property management company and brand new develoiper in MN.  

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    59 mins
  • The Chat: Kamillah El Amin - Royal Foundry Craft & Spirits & Huriya Village
    Apr 28 2023

    Kamillah El Amin shares her story as the first black woman owned distiller in the midwest in this episode!  R. Lynn Pingol & Jared Petersen get an insight into Kamillah's family legacy and her entrepreneurial journey.  

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    55 mins
  • The Chat -Trailblazer: Johnnie Burns, Dir of Contract Compliance City of Minneapolis
    Mar 18 2023

    We are talking compliance, goals, fines, and workforce with  Johnnie Burns, Director of Contract Compliance at the City of Minneapolis!  Jared Petersen and R.Lynn Pingol had way too much fun while still getting to the bottom of contracting DBE firms in Minnesota, where the disparity continue to be an issue in the eco-system of procurment and contracting! 

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    56 mins
  • The Chat -Trailblazer: Jimmy Loyd, Econ.Development Dir., City of St. Paul
    Mar 7 2023

    Jimmy Loyd, Economic Development Director for the City of Saint Paul, MN dropped some pretty awesome exclusive news when  joined  R. Lynn Pingol and Jared Petersen on the show!  

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    59 mins
  • The Chat -Trailblazer: Mikeya Griffin, Exec. Director - Rondo Community Land Trust
    Feb 21 2023

    R. Lynn Pingol and Jared Petersen are joined by Mikey Griffin, Executive Director of Rondo Community Land Trust, an amazing organization whose mission is to preserve the ownership of land in the Rondo Community!   

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    59 mins