ILT Academy

Starting a business is like pitching a film to a big Hollywood movie studio. That’s according to Nick Tietz , the founder of ILT Academy and ILT Studios, a St. Cloud-based education provider and co-working lab for small-business owners. When it comes to nurturing a business idea, accelerator programs, lenders and investors tend to rally around the 1% of new companies that have the potential to become blockbusters, he said. read more

An idea, a dream, a vision… to that, we say – “I like that.” Well, ILT for short. Part incubator, part accelerator, ILT made its home in St. Cloud a few years ago to bring the people, resources, ideas, and funding together to help the entrepreneur and startup community in St. Cloud continues to thrive. Nick Tietz, Founder and CEO, shared what ILT is, how it works, and the incredible impact it’s made thus far in our communities. read more

One of GSDC’s four strategic imperatives is “Shape Tomorrow”. Our primary strategies to do so include influencing and articulating the community narrative, marketing the region, and advancing its quality of life. We want to amplify the life, work, and ideas of leaders across our community.  read more

We have two guests helping us make our July 23 episode of “Think & Link, Pants Optional” a spectacular event; Scott Jagodzinski, a Three-Box Solution gent and the co-founder of Alchemy 365 and Nick Tietz, a design thinking friend and founder of ILT Studios. read more

We are now ready to present the course originally scheduled for March 14, 2020! Seats are filling up fast so register today. read more

ST. CLOUD — A series of classes on how to groom an idea into a scaleable business are launching in St. Cloud. The Lean Startup School, funded by the Minnesota Department of Employment…

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