Unlocking Capital for North Dakota Small Businesses
Management
Delore Zimmerman
Manager | (701) 775-3354 | delore@praxissg.com
Delore is a business and economic strategist and developer with more than 40 years of domestic and international experience. He has two decades of experience working with leaders and innovators in business, government, and research in the UAS and agtech sectors.
He has helped communities develop and manage local equity investment groups, and developed the High-Performance Community initiative to help communities work more effectively with entrepreneurs.
Robert Heard
Manager | rheard@dcnteam.com
Robert is a pioneer in designing innovative programs that drive economic development by attracting capital and business-building talent to local economies. He was a founder of the National Association of Seed and
Venture Funds, a board member of CDFA for four years and provided guidance to the organization for 18 years.
Robert frequently speaks on capital
formation, impact investing, portfolio optimization, technology transfer and state venture capital strategies. He authored an Angel Investing Workbook for the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds.