If it’s true that a rising tide lifts all boats, then the coming of Gucci, Max Mara, and around 30 other retailers this year to Southdale Center seems to be
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The inquiries have been pouring in since Matt “MJ” Johnson and several of his co-founders from GoKart Labs launched Minneapolis AI software engineering company Blank Metal this summer. It’s everyone
They have families and 401(k)s, mortgages and the occasional backache. They don’t pull all-nighters. Their garages are reserved for cars, not makeshift offices, and their actual offices are air-conditioned and
On the latest season of TCB podcast By All Means, we paired founders whose Minnesota-based businesses are taking off with seasoned entrepreneurs. The result is conversations that encompassed practical know-how
Andrew Eklund did not retire. Earlier this summer, the career digital marketer shut down Ciceron, the St. Paul-based agency he started 30 years ago, at age 26. It’s not easy
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Success, for many Minnesotans, is getting to spend weeks on end “up north” at the family cabin. Such is the life that Carson Kipfer has created, following the sale of
On a Thursday morning in early July, the New York Stock Exchange bell rang from Medtronic’s Fridley headquarters. The health tech giant’s CEO Geoff Martha swung the mallet, surrounded by
Mukhtar Ibrahim identifies as a journalist but thinks like an entrepreneur. The founder of Sahan Journal, a nonprofit newsroom that focuses on the stories of Minnesota’s immigrants and communities of
Following pandemic-driven office downsizing and reorientation toward communal space—more “we,” less “me”—employees want their desks back. Demand for quiet space and an opportunity to keep personal items at work emerged
Target Corp. employees who work in merchandising and sourcing were notified Thursday that they will be expected back in the downtown Minneapolis headquarters office three days a week beginning Sept.
As far back as the late 1980s, Burt Cohen, founding publisher and owner of Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, was talking about the need for a local business publication that wasn’t anti-business. He
Chris Farrell is one of the most recognized and respected financial voices: locally on MPR and nationally on his syndicated show, Marketplace. He’s also the author of five books on
Minneapolis-based Traction Capital this week announced the launch of its second fund focused on scaling businesses born in Minnesota and the Midwest. With $33 million already raised in just 90
Blank Metal—it’s not a rock band; it’s a new AI-native software engineering company, but this startup’s founders and investors read like a troupe of superstars…in Minnesota tech. Formed by former
The expanded footprint reflects "our confidence in the city’s future," a bank executive said.
With the opening of Associated Bank, the IDS Center skyway will be home to six financial institutions.
The barricades will come down overnight, and on Thursday, June 12, Southdale Center's gleaming new luxury wing will open to the public. But most of the shopping is still a