Lee Wallace
Peace Coffee Owner/CEO
In the 1990s, when Lee Wallace told business schools she was interested in studying the intersection of mission and money, they steered her into public policy. It was a time
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Ashley + Ahmed El Shourbagy
Co-Founders of Dogs of Instagram + Lucy & Co.
Have you ever come up with what you thought was a really clever social media handle, sure to be your key to fame and fortune, only to find it’s been
Jill Blashack Strahan
Tastefully Simple Founder + CEO
“Sales will take you anywhere.” That skill took Jill Blashack Strahan from a small farm town where she ran a café and didn’t dare to dream much bigger to founder
Rosemary Ugboajah
Neka Creative Founder + CEO
“Our vision is to be a role model for inclusion in the industry,” says Rosemary Ugboajah, founder and CEO of Neka Creative, a Minneapolis-based brand development agency that makes inclusion
Rita Katona + Eric Hall
So Good So You Co-Founders
It’s a good time to be in the business of selling immunity. Minneapolis-based wellness company So Good So You makes plant-based juice shots packed with probiotics that support the immune
Angie Conley
Abilitech Medical founder and CEO
Abilitech Medical is on the brink of launching the first-of-its-kind wearable assistive device that makes it possible for patients with upper-limb weakness or injury to use their arms for everyday
Tammy Lee
Xena Therapies Founder and CEO
Tammy Lee launched a line of wearable cool therapy medical devices in February, 2020, and one month later, she had to shut her new company down due to Covid-19. It
Aneela and Sameer Kumar – HabitAware
Co-Founders
ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Aneela Idnani Kumar started pulling out hair from her eyebrows and eyelashes when she was a girl. In her early 20s, she Googled her secret habit and
John Puckett
Caribou Coffee Co-Founder
On Monday March 17, in the face of a national emergency, John Puckett joined Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at a press conference announcing that restaurants and bars must close to
ABOUT THIS EPISODE: “We do not want to go back to being the way we were,” says Chuck Runyon, co-founder and CEO of Self Esteem Brands, the parent company to
Love Your Melon’s Zachary Quinn on Navigating Covid-19
Co-founder and President, Love Your Melon
Anticipating that face masks are going to be a necessary accessory for the foreseeable future, Love Your Melon is ramping up its collection and returning to the buy one, give
Jeremy Segal
Proozy Founder , CEO
ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Proozy just may be the biggest overstock deals website you’re not shopping—yet. But hundreds of thousands of people have discovered Proozy, which, like Nordstrom Rack or T.J.
Kent Pilakowski
Food industry investor and advisor
An investor and advisor who helped to build Beyond Meat, Talenti, and Peace Coffee, Kent Pilakowski talks about the evolution of the food industry and his path from General Mills to entrepreneurship.
Ryan Broshar
Matchstick Ventures Co-founder and Partner
Co-founder of BetaMN and Twin Cities Startup Week, Ryan Broshar found his calling in supporting other entrepreneurs. He talks about what it takes to be successful in venture funding.
Atif Siddiqi
Founder and CEO, Branch
Atif Siddiqi set out to simplify schedule changes for hourly workers and hit upon a larger mission to improve the financial welfare of employees who don't have a safety net and, in turn, help companies improve employee satisfaction and retention.
Mercedes Austin
Founder and CEO, Mercury Mosaics
Mercedes Austin charts her winding path from maker to manufacturer and shares the business lessons she's learned over 18 years of building Mercury Mosaics into a national ceramic tile brand.
Erik Brust
Co-Founder and CEO, Johnny Pops
Created in a St. Olaf College dorm, Jonny Pops, makers of smoothies on a stick, is now a national frozen foods brand on the rise. CEO Erik Brust describes his transition from founder to leader, and what's next for the company.
Paul Douglas
Meteorologist and Entrepreneur
Throughout his career as a TV meteorologist, Paul Douglas has found ways to turn weather data into business. His next venture: helping businesses understand the impact of global warming.
John Butcher
President and CEO, Caribou Coffee
Caribou Coffee president and CEO John Butcher talks leadership, culture, and coffee. "Any business that can strike an emotional chord is interesting to me."
Dave Mortensen and Chuck Runyon
President and CEO and co-founders
Chuck Runyon and Dave Mortensen opened their first Anytime Fitness gym in 2002. Their concept was an alternative to big box gyms: A no-frills space with little supervision…just workout equipment