<div>Help me help Minnesota's small business owners go from just surviving, because of the ICE invasion in our state, to thriving.
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<div>My name is <a href="https://tcbmag.com/honors/economic-empowerment-sheletta-makes-me-laugh/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sheletta Brundidge</a> and I'm a proud Minnesota entrepreneur.
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<div>I own ShelettaMakesMeLaugh.com, <a href="https://tcbmag.com/corporate-sponsors-line-up-for-podcaster-sheletta-brundidge/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a promotion and production company</a> and since starting my business six years ago, I've been an advocate for my fellow founders.
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<div>They are, we are, struggling with staffing, people are afraid to go to work, so businesses are closing early.
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<div>Folks are scared to eat out at restaurants, so sales are down.
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<div>There are no pop-ups and fun events for creatives and food producers to buy a table and sell their cupcakes and crochet mittens.
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<div><a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/01/30/dei-drops-and-house-drama-wont-stop-black-entrepreneurs-day-at-the-capitol" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Every year I host a special entrepreneurs day at</a> the Minnesota Capitol where hundreds of founders come to get access to political, social and financial capital.
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<div>The need is too great.
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<div>That's why I was excited, at first, to see that 20+ of Minnesota's top grossing and Fortune 500 companies like Target, come together to offer support, until I saw what they were offering: $3.5 million.
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<div>Somebody did the math and that's $125k a piece. For a big giant company like Target, that's the equivalent of the money in the coin jar on the nightstand in your bedroom.
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<div>If doing the minimum was the mandate, Minnesota's large corporations are doing a great job.
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<div>Those CEOs could give some of their million-dollar bonus money if they really wanted to make a difference, but they don't.
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<div>It's performative.
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<div>It's not enough.
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<div>Too many entrepreneurs are on the brink of closing up shop.
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<div>They need my help.
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<div>I need your help.
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<div>Please consider making a donation.
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<div>This is personal for me.
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<div>I want to personally raise $3.6 million to show the Minnesota corporate community that more than what they're offering can be done.
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<div>100-percent of that money being donated to me will be given to fellow small business owners in Minnesota who I have worked with in the past who have reached out to me for financial assistance to help their companies.
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<div>I will personally provide one-time $5,000 grants to individual entrepreneurs until all the money, every dime, has been exhausted.
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<div>These are fellow founders that I've worked with over the years in partnership doing good community work.
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<div>They don't need a handout, just a helping hand.
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<div>Together, if we can raise $3.6 million, we raise the bar.
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<div>Keep praying for Minnesota. We can feel your love!
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<div>#MinnesotaStrong
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