Associate Editor

Tess Allen

Tess Allen is associate editor.

Phone: 612-336-9294

Tess Allen joined the Twin Cities Business team in January 2019 after interning with its sister publications, Delta Sky and Mpls.St.Paul Magazine. As associate editor, she oversees special sections and supplements, covers entrepreneurship and local startups, and helps manage the monthly print magazine. Prior to diving into the magazine world, she interned with several business startups and nonprofit organizations. Tess is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Media and Journalism.

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Flush with Opportunity

Flush with Opportunity

For many industries 2020 was a crappy year. And for the portable sanitation industry, with potties so ubiquitous at events and gatherings, a pandemic would have intuitively portended lots of
Maneuver to Mobile

Maneuver to Mobile

What do you do when a global pandemic rocks your business, causing shutdowns and limiting the number of customers you can serve? You hit the road. Minneapolis mobile business manufacturer
Lunar Startups Strikes Out on Its Own

Lunar Startups Strikes Out on Its Own

When Danielle Steer launched Lunar Startups in St. Paul almost three years ago, one of her key goals was to remove barriers and reduce disparities for historically marginalized entrepreneurs. She
Tools for Digital and Hybrid Events

Tools for Digital and Hybrid Events

As the Covid-19 pandemic drags on, businesses and nonprofits are looking to the hospitality sector to keep them safely connected to employees, peers, donors, and consumers. The industry has been