Seven generational trends and how seven Minnesota companies are finding value in

What would lure Mark Jacobs (Irwin Jacobs’ son) from Manhattan to Winona to run an old-fashioned door-to-door business? The chance to apply entrepreneurial liniment to a tired, aching brand.

Stu Utgaard was the Twin Cities’ biggest dealmaker in the ’80s and ’90s, a master of M&A. Then he made his own acquisition, Sportsman’s Warehouse, and built a single store into a $718 million retail

Since meeting in the early 1980s and building Northwest Airlines’ WorldPerks frequent-flyer program, Mark Lacek and Peter Brennan have started five businesses, with a sixth on the way—nearly all devoted to helping businesses keep their

Views from both sides of the fence.

Faced with disagreeable circumstances of our own making, we determine that they are inevitable, desirable, or someone else’s fault.

The Twins and one courageous local politician listened.

An evening of ritmo caliente or “hot rhythms” feted the ISES winners.

With a new, proprietary product line, Burnsville’s Valley Natural Foods co-op is looking to a bigger market.

Brennan and Lacek's Loyal Subjects

Surly makes a new extreme beer. What’s driving the bitter-beer trend?

Segetis produces bio-based plastics and chemicals. But it’s emphasizing value more than values.

Pixel Farm Digital hits “Refresh.”

At OrthoCor, a venture capitalist and an electrical engineer create “a next-generation heating pad” for troubled knees.

What’s happening with local meeting planning and spending in 2010?

“The year of the burger” last year in the Twin Cities—openings of Burger Jones, Galaxy Drive-In, American Burger Bar, and Smashburger, to cite just a few—continued into 2010 with this winter’s Food Wars face-off on

Still, planned projects and industry advocates will help ensure that the state's wind-energy future is bright.

Piroshki- fast food from the Russian Tea House.

“The year of the burger” last year in the Twin Cities—openings of Burger Jones, Galaxy Drive-In, American Burger Bar, and Smashburger, to cite just a few—continued into 2010 with this winter’s Food Wars face-off on