Jenni Graff of Early Stage Montana \\ Accelerating the growth of Montana's tech ecosystem

In today’s episode, I talk with Jenni Graff, the executive director of Early Stage Montana, an accelerator program, helping tech entrepreneurs grow faster, and creating jobs to diversify and grow Montana's economy. We dive into Jenni’s background and Montana’s community. We talk about what exactly an accelerator is, and what is unique about Early Stage Montana. We talk about the evolution of entrepreneurship in Montana over the past decade. We discuss how they find mentors for their programs. Jenni shares with us the vision of Early Stage Montana. Here’s a closer look at the episode:Jenni’s background What is bringing people to and keeping them in Montana?How did Montana evolve for entrepreneurs in the past decade?What is an accelerator program? What’s unique about Montana’s accelerator program? How is this NOT like SharkTank?How do you find and match-make mentors and the entrepreneurs?Where is Early Stage Montana?ESMT regional showcases Statewide Showcase on October 20th (tickets)The SBA's Growth Accelerator Fund Prize The future of Early Stage MontanaThe future for tech startups in MontanaResources:Website:https://www.earlystagemt.org/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/company/early-stage-montana/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennigraff/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/EarlyStageMTInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/earlystagemt/