How heated up is IPO fever? Two Minnesota companies just went public back-to-back, a rarely seen phenomenon. Bloomington-based Agiliti Inc. went public Friday at $14 per share; Bloomington-based SkyWater Technology
Archive of: April 2021
Minnesota, bars, restaurants, hotels, and other hospitality businesses have seen an estimated 116,000 jobs lost in the pandemic, says Hospitality Minnesota. In March, the Minneapolis City Council approved Councilmember Steve
This past year was tumultuous for leaders, managers, and supervisors. They spent their time working through challenges such as learning to lead remote teams; understanding practices that limit, discourage, or
On April 20, TCB hosted a conversation about gender equity and diversity in corporate leadership. Attendees gained important insights from executives who shared their experiences, challenges, and advice as
Bloomington-based customer experience firm Avtex Solutions has been acquired by a publicly traded Colorado company for $490 million. Englewood, Colorado-based TTEC Holdings first announced that it reached an agreement to
Cash continues to flow into Minnesota’s medical startups. On Monday, the Medical Alley Association reported that its member companies raised more than $347 million during 2021’s first quarter. That figure
My current mantra is focus and simplify, focus and simplify. I am working hard to stay focused on the most important actions that will help my business be successful and
Rochester-based LEAH Labs is another Minnesota biotechnology company, but the future patients for the company’s technology are dogs, not people. The company is working to develop a treatment for cancer
Minnesota’s business community welcomed the news of Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction on Tuesday. After the verdict was announced on Tuesday afternoon, several big companies and local business advocates released statements
It’s been two years since we broke ground on RBC Gateway, the brand new 37-story-office tower in downtown Minneapolis that will soon become our firm’s U.S. headquarters. As we said
A new analysis of commercial real estate loans backed by multifamily properties found “areas of concern starting to appear in major U.S. markets.” That’s according to New York-based Trepp, which
The founder of #SHARETHEMICMN on turning this moment of accountability into action and racial equity.
There was nothing usual about the 2020 recession brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. Maybe that’s why economists are having such a hard time assessing its impacts and forecasting how
It might seem surprising that a year with a global pandemic would become the one with most new business filings (data includes all categories of business filings, from reservations of
Roller Garden, that time capsule of a roller rink in St. Louis Park where every child of the ‘70s and ‘80s had a birthday party, a first kiss, a first
What comes to mind when you hear the word “entrepreneur”? For many, that label conjures a vision of someone relatively young (mid-30s to mid-40s), male, white, and high-tech. Such as
Amelia Williams Hardy is undaunted by busy schedules, but she also recognizes that daily life can quickly deteriorate into chaos when both parents are corporate executives trying to raise four
Janel Wittmayer, 50, still recalls the advice she got about blending work and family while she was an MBA student at the University of Minnesota. She had joined fellow Carlson