Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour

When we landed in Sioux Falls, we were graciously told by our pilot that it was -19 degrees. We left Florida when it was 78 degrees. You do the math! Arel and Sarah picked up our awesome Danish intern, Tue, grabbed the bus and headed off to Mitchell, South Dakota!

If you thought LAUNCH 2009 was fantastic, LAUNCH 2010 blew everyone away! Conference Partners included the Enterprise Institute, Kelley Center for Entrepreneurship at DWU, South Dakota EPSCoR, South Dakota Governor’s Office on Economic Development, South Dakota Small Business Development Centers, and South Dakota State University Entrepreneurship Program. Our sponsors and partners were incredible and brought in a great program.

The one and only, fabulous Sheena Lindahl was our key note speaker for the event. Boy can that girl rock a crowd! She motivated everyone in the audience and told them that “we are who we allow ourselves to be”. She talked about how “extreme” entrepreneurship is taking entrepreneurial skills and applying those to your entire life. She told about her own story of how she was able to co-found the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour and create the life that she wants for herself by being able to work with people who inspire her and raise her 15 month old daughter, Halle. What an inspiration.

Quotable quotes from what students learned:

“It takes more than an 805 job to get what you want out of life”- Bryan
“There are two kinds of luck, good and bad, and I can create my own opportunities in life”- Nick

After the event, the EET team loaded up the bus in the snow and ice and made the trek to Minnesota, don’t ya know (said with an accent). We made a pit stop at the Corn Palace, the main attraction of Mitchell, SD. An entire building made from corn! It was quite a spectacle and an incredible work of art. To get some caffeine for the ride we stopped at Black Sheep Coffee where Arel tried chai for the first time (and loved it) and solved a rubik’s cube in under 5 minutes! If you weren’t full of awe for this guy before, you can be completely impressed now!

3 events in one week and they were all huge successes. Can’t wait to see what the rest of the season has in store!