Adapdom

herARTS in Action and Adapdom are proud to announce that our founder, Sarah Drake, M.S., is a 2024 President’s Lifetime Achievement Award receipt! She is also receiving a Community Impact award from the Initiative Foundation. Thank you for your support! These awards are possible because you’ve lifted me up. Thank you.

Broken bones, sprained appendages, and skinned up chin and knees couldn’t keep Sarah Drake, M.S. from her first pitch competition for #adapdom Huge thanks to ILT Academy and Initiative Foundation for the #entrepreneur and #startup training and support to get to this point! Congratulations to all of the participants and winners! Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation #founderstory #femalefounders #arthritis #fibromyalgia

We are excited to announce our Finalists for the 3rd Annual FASTLANE 94 Trailblazer Challenge pitch competition! Join us on Thursday, 4/11 at 6:00 PM at ILT Studios in St. Cloud meet this year’s startup stars! This is a free event but registration is encouraged: https://bit.ly/4cOo7va Sarah Drake (Sauk Rapids) & Adapdom , for their designer compression support glove that provides relief for people with arthritis and fibromyalgia. Funwi Tita (Buffalo) & BetterGreens , with their venture to package and market diverse African vegetables and empower African immigrant farmers. Tyler Wirth (Alexandria) & FamliCare and their all-in-one app to ease stress for exhausted dementia caregivers and their families. Jim Dresch & Dennis Sazama (Alexandria) & Grandpa Jimmy's Ice Hole Trap, a foot-controlled “landing net for ice fishing” that keeps fish from getting away down the hole. Maria Thompson (Zimmerman) & ModernKind with their shampoo powder in reusable containers that prevents plastic waste & leaky travel bottles. #pitchcompetition #entrepreneurs #adapdom #bettergreeens #famlicare #grandpajimmysiceholetrap #modernkind Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation

What a difference a year can make! Then I had an idea for how I could improve my ability to participate in life, work, and socializing, and some friends and colleagues said, pitch it to us. I said I didn’t know what or how to pitch as I only had an idea. They told me to learn and come back. This is the come back! I’ve completed Enterprise Academy with Initiative Foundation and ILT Academy. My idea went from a thought to help myself, to a sketch, to a physical prototype, to working on a provisional patent and projections for a design that can help millions of people. I applied to my first pitch competition for Adapdom and was accepted!!! Thanks FastLane94, Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation. The Trailblazer Challenge Pitch Competition is on Thursday, April 11, at 6 p.m. at ILT Studios in St Cloud. Come support entrepreneurs! The winner of the competition will receive a MN Cup semi-finalist slot! Register here to attend: https://hubs.la/Q02r6nfp0 Thanks so much for helping me get here! I know it won’t let me tag everyone. Nick Tietz l Parker Schlank l Ezra Anderson l Jami Berkness, MBA, CSM l Tyler Wirth l Rory Self l Carley Martin l Sarah Eisenreich l Rebekah Evingson l Rama Rao l Brian Krohnke l Zach “MN” Moder l Rachel Frosch l Katie Haghighi l Isak Kvam l Donella Westphal l Michelle Henderson l Donniel Robinson l ISMAIL MOHAMED l Brian Voerding l Ben Ihde l Kate LaBrosse l charles owusu l Anderson Tafadzwa Nyamande l Brad Larmie l Ibrahim SOUMARE l NeTia Bauman, CEcD l LaRae Ross l Barry Kirchoff l Amy Sip l Louise Guggisberg, PMP l Rob Cimperman l Dr. Chris Brooks l Vincent E. Reed l Jessica Sam

Twin Cities friends and colleagues! I hope to see you this Saturday, March 30, at Tipton Hammond Arts in the Northrup King Building. I will be in conversation at 2pm with Amy Wilderson talking art and herARTS in Action, maybe even Adapdom. Please join us, and bring a guest! Erin Bagniewski l Leslie Pitt Schneider, JD l Saintanne Tipton l Rosemond Sarpong Owens, CDM/MPH l Robyn Coquyt l Carol Pfleiderer l Coach Seygbai “Sun” Kai, M.Ed,CCSP,GCDF l Dr. Chris Brooks l Basil Ajuo l Mark Ritchie l Audrey Faust, MBA - Business Financial Coach and CFO l Dr. Divine N. Arpellet, DBA, PMP l Nick Tietz l Ezra Anderson l Parker Schlank l Jessica Sam l Jennifer Glickstein l Gary Cunningham l Kate LaBrosse l Tish Jones l Dr. Artika Tyner l Sheletta Brundidge l Shelisa Demuth l Sean Gilfillan l Anna P. l Brad Larmie l Kelsey Joson l Katie Haghighi l Atharv Kulkarni l Kao Lee Thao l Jami Berkness, MBA, CSM l Maria Burns Ortiz l Dara Beevas Ann Aubitz

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We are very excited to welcome our next two speakers for Start-upConnect - St Cloud at ILT Academy! Please help us welcome our next two speakers Sarah Drake, M.S., Founder and CEO of herARTS in Action / Adapdom and Rama Rao, Co-Founder and CEO of Bloqcube Inc on March 20th from 8:00AM to 9:30 AM ILT Studios in St Cloud, MN for great conversation, great coffee from Kinder Coffee Lab! hashtag #ilikethat Please bring a friend and RSVP if you can make it. All are welcome to attend! NeTia Bauman, CEcD Leslie Dingmann, CEcD, EDFP Brian Voerding Donniel Robinson Christine Metzo Abdi Daisane ISMAIL MOHAMED Clare Richards Briana Torborg Brian Krohnke, Nick Tietz Parker Schlank Click Here for More Info https://lnkd.in/gYP4G2eD

We just registered our name last week, and already were sharing our story! Sarah Drake, M.S. is a student of ILT Academy, and she’ll be at ILT Studios for Start-upConnect with Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation to share her founder story. See you Wednesday!