Six Black-owned businesses in Minneapolis-St. Paul will receive advice and financial assistance during Season 6 of Deluxe Corp.’s TV series.
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The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced awarding Launch Minnesota Innovation Grants totaling $376,075 to 15 startup companies. The latest awards mean that the total $3.2 million
The St. Paul accelerator is welcoming 15 companies of various levels of maturity, including the popular local jewelry brand.
Target Corp. is ramping up its commitment to Black-owned businesses. On Wednesday, the Minneapolis-based retailer pledged to spend $2 billion on Black-owned suppliers by 2025. As part of the effort,
World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Medtronic CEO Geoff Martha, and Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, will be among
[Editor's note: This story has been updated since its original posting.] Florida-based Eclipse Advantage is ending operations at a plant in Maple Grove, laying off 208 employees. According to a
A Covid-19 test maker has signed a lease for space at a Maple Grove business park, Duke Realty Corp. announced Tuesday. New Orleans-based Sensiva Health LLC, which manufactures testing kits
Retail sales in the state of Minnesota were up in December, but lower than the average gain across the U.S. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota retail sales were
It probably comes as no surprise that American alcohol consumption grew during the pandemic, but that hasn’t necessarily benefitted Minnesota’s brewers. In 2020, the state’s craft breweries saw an 18
The pandemic year of 2020 was one of the toughest ever for restaurants everywhere. So how exactly did Minnetonka-based BBQ Holdings Inc. – the company long known as Famous Dave’s
When Chuck Tryon took over as president of Owatonna-based Bushel Boy Farms in early October 2020, the U.S. was still a couple months away from an approved Covid-19 vaccine. In
Minneapolis-based Bright Health Inc. is on a different planet than any other Minnesota startups. To date the company has raised more than $1.5 billion in financing. Now a report has
A new local startup called Byt, launched on March 5 by Wayzata High School seniors Spencer Mateega and Carson Bring, aims to help Minneapolis restaurants gain more business by providing
Minneapolis-based Charlie & Co. Design Ltd. is nowhere near the largest tenant in downtown Minneapolis. The firm, which focuses on designing single-family homes, has 10 employees. But by the end
Minneapolis-based fintech startup ClickSwitch is now owned by a publicly traded company. On Thursday, Austin, Texas-based digital banking firm Q2 Holdings Inc. announced that it has acquired ClickSwitch. The companies
The CEO of Morrie’s Auto Group wants to double the number of dealerships that Morrie’s owns in the Twin Cities—expanding from 12 to 24. “We have a lot of room
Forty-one percent of Minnesota’s hospitals reported a negative operating margin in 2019, according to a report released by the Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) on Thursday. That equates to 31 of
The inventory of homes for sale is thin and interest rates remain historically low. That means Twin Cities home builders are very busy. Housing First Minnesota reported that builders pulled