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Celebrating Leadership: Jeff Aguy and Marcus Owens Recognized as Twin Cities Business Top 100 Leaders for 2025
Jeff Aguy joined the GroundBreak Coalition in March 2024 to help implement solutions that will unlock unprecedented capital for aspiring entrepreneurs and commercial developers. A born entrepreneur, Jeff is helping build innovative systems and teams that will enable more financing to flow toward new and growing businesses and neighborhood commercial developments in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region and beyond. We interviewed Jeff to learn more about what he sees on the horizon for GroundBreak.
GroundBreak Announces RFPs for Origination Partners for Entrepreneurship
GroundBreak Coalition is seeking up to four (4) origination partners to administer forgivable loans up to $50K each that support entrepreneurs committed to building Black wealth in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region, particularly those in the start-up growth phase. This funding, which come in the form of special purpose credit programs, will help replicate the traditional friends and family funding round with grants designed to unlock additional funding to drive entrepreneurs toward long-term growth, in doing so GroundBreak funds will propel racial wealth equity in our region.
GroundBreak Coalition Mid-Year Update
As we find ourselves just past the mid-year point, the GroundBreak Coalition is inspired by our collective progress and ready to keep the momentum going. Together, we are on our way toward unlocking plentiful capital to expand wealth-building opportunities in our region – and toward keeping that capital flowing.
Q&A with Jeff Aguy: GroundBreak’s Visionary Leader on Building New Financial Systems for Aspiring Entrepreneurs and Commercial Developers
Jeff Aguy joined the GroundBreak Coalition in March 2024 to help implement solutions that will unlock unprecedented capital for aspiring entrepreneurs and commercial developers. A born entrepreneur, Jeff is helping build innovative systems and teams that will enable more financing to flow toward new and growing businesses and neighborhood commercial developments in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region and beyond. We interviewed Jeff to learn more about what he sees on the horizon for GroundBreak.
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