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What’s Your Story?

What’s Your Story?

Storyworks Media uses video vignettes to explain—and sell—complex health care benefits and financial products to millions of consumers.
Winged Victory

Winged Victory

Sally Smith has taken Buffalo Wild Wings from fly-by-the-seat-of-the-pants start-up to 683 restaurants and a market value of $897 million. Now, how to keep the company soaring?
Always Be on the Lookout for Your Next Big Thing

Always Be on the Lookout for Your Next Big Thing

Steve Schussler is proof that the entrepreneur at age 35 can be seen already in the entrepreneur at 13. In his new book, It’s a Jungle In There, the founder of the Rainforest Café chain and Schussler Creative tells how his career creating themed restaurants took off—and in these excerpts, how a knack for seeing opportunity took him to extremes.
MinnPost and MPR

MinnPost and MPR

MinnPost is doing an analog version of what the algorithms in e-commerce sites do: “If you liked X, then you might also like Y.”
Cargill Connections

Cargill Connections

The Biobusiness Alliance of Minnesota has traced the growth of a “family tree” of start-ups that have Cargill connections.

Block E Owner, AMC Theatres in Lease Dispute

AMC wants to renew its lease in Block E under the same terms of its current arrangement. The landlord is suing AMC, stating that the vague language in the lease should be considered "unenforceable," and it should not have to agree to an extension.