Hy-Vee OpportUNITY Inclusive Summit lifts up entrepreneurs [Video]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The Hy-Vee OpportUNITY Inclusive Summit supported local small businesses through networking and showcase opportunities on Tuesday.

The daylong summit, which was free and open to the public, was held at the Denny Sanford Premier Center on Tuesday. The event includes a pitch competition for local minority and women-owned businesses as well as learning opportunities and resources from Hy-Vee and other local business leaders.

For some entrepreneurs, the conference can give them the boost they need to expand their business.

“When you come in and you talk to our Hy-Vee store directors, you can talk about the product that you would like to bring into our stores. It just goes through a process and you can bring that in there and we would have the ability to sell it on our shelves, we could do demos with you in our stores. It’s just here …