As the governor's adviser on job creation, Kathy Tunheim wants to lead “a more substantive conversation.”
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The company means to feed its development side by positioning more of its concepts for sale. The upshot: Parasole will double its number of restaurants in the next five years.
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An Eagan company holds more than 80 patents that put the greenhouse gas to good use.
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An Eagan company holds more than 80 patents that put the greenhouse gas to good use.
A new road to connect the University of Minnesota.
Up till the day he retired in October, Brady Benson held on to the traditional commission model he followed throughout his 52-year-career: doing his own research and offering his picks to loyal clients. His industry changed; he didn’t. Along the way, he helped launch numerous Minnesota companies.
Field Solutions provides electronics repair for big enterprises—and a big opportunity for a local tech investor.
The California company is making inroads in Life Time’s headquarters market and adding clubs faster. But Life Time CEO Bahram Akradi believes his slow-growth strategy will ultimately win out.
Pocket Hercules may be the new model ad agency. It’s small, run by seasoned veterans, and works directly with client decision makers, without layers and endless meetings. It seeks to reach the community around a brand. And it sells its own beer.
A new wave of local coffeehouses wants to give java the cachet of wine.
Satellite TV’s big innovator is a quiet iconoclast, and he’s got a new kind of venture in the air.
The economy is moving toward “collaborative consumption,” says Rachel Botsman, co-author of What’s Mine is Yours. How will companies make the shift from selling products to selling access?
Twitter feeds, blogs, and oh yeah, traditional media—is it too much information, or just enough to create new opportunities? Here’s What Business Thinks™ about the new media landscape.
His answer to that question is deceptively simple: “Something that changes the world.” The founder and CEO of Minneapolis firm Generate, Neren has overseen the creation of the World Database of Innovation, which is bringing a lexicon to the chaotic language of innovation. He also has organized Innovation Minnesota, where executives from some of the state’s largest companies help each other prepare for what’s next.
“Real estate is all local,” says Ron Peltier, founder and CEO of HomeServices of America, the second-largest residential real estate services firm in the country. The general decline in housing prices and the hyperabundance of residential real estate firms mean added opportunities for expansion nationwide. HomeServices’ acquisition model: Keep those acquired brands local.
Seven years before Facebook existed, CaringBridge was building social networks. Now it has grown amid the proliferation of social media.
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?
Are corporate political gifts worth making?
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