Seena Hodges
The Woke Coach Founder
Seena Hodges is that person everyone calls when they want to learn about racism and equity building. When they want to get woke. “I always love having the conversation, helping
By All Means
a podcast by TCB
Leadership. Innovation. Purpose
What does it take to build a business? Change an industry? Lead with purpose? Twin Cities Business sits down with entrepreneurs and leaders who make business work in Minnesota—and beyond. Learn the stories behind some beloved brands, and the ones you’ll want to know next. Discover how they got started and gain insights to apply to your own ventures. Available on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, Player.FM, iHeart Radio, and SoundCloud. Subscribe now and you’ll be first to know when a new episode launches.
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Angie and Kyle Gallus
Finley's Co-Founders
Special education teacher Angie Gallus made dog treats in class with her students as a way to help them learn job skills. They would bake, package, and sell to friends
Jeremy Friese
Olive President of Payer Market (Verata Health Co-Founder)
Dr. Jeremy Friese left a prestigious medical practice at Mayo Clinic to solve one of healthcare’s great headaches: the prior authorization process. Three years later, in December 2020, he sold
Maria Burns Ortiz
7 Generation Games Co-Founder/CEO
Having reached her ultimate career goal before age 30—New York Times best-selling author; staff writer for ESPN—Maria Burns Ortiz turned her attention to a new challenge: promoting equitable education. She’s
Alex French
Bizzy Coffee co-founder/CEO
Bizzy Coffee isn’t like most other coffee brands. No coffee shops. No single serve bottles or cans or pods. Bizzy founders Alex French and Andrew Healy are singularly focused on
Charlie Youakim
Sezzle Founder/CEO
Perhaps you’ve noticed when you hit the checkout button on your online purchases there’s often an option to buy now, pay later. It’s reverse layaway—you get the goods now, and
Yu Sunny Han
Fulcrum Founder/CEO
Growing up in and around computer labs, with a mother who was a trailblazer in computer sciences, Yu Sunny Han developed a knack for solving problems through technology. He built
Jules Porter
Seraph 7 Studios Founder/President
“Video games are an amazing covert teaching mechanism,” says Jules Porter, founder of Seraph 7 Studios, a Minneapolis-based video game development studio on a mission to fight racism and build
Betsy Vohs
Studio BV Founder/CEO
Never in modern history has office space been more disrupted than during the Covid-19 pandemic. And as CEOs contemplate how to bring workers back—whether they’ll bring workers back—architect and commercial
Renay Dossman
Neighborhood Development Center President
Renay Dossman built her career with Fortune 500 companies, moving from Cargill to Target, where she found her passion in food innovation. But after years of traveling the world for
Tyler Lorenzen
PURIS CEO
Behind every plant-based burger, oat milk latte, and protein shake is one essential ingredient: pea protein. Without it, there’s no Beyond Meat. Minneapolis-based Puris, fueled by a $100 million investment
Mary Grove
Bread & Butter Ventures Managing Partner
After 15 years at Google, Mary Grove made a sharp career turn that baffled many Silicon Valley insiders. She decided to become a venture capital investor—in Minnesota. “We got a
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
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