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By All Means

Making Business Work in Minnesota.

Entrepreneurs and leaders share the stories behind their 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. Subscribe now and you’ll be first to know when a new episode launches.

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David Swan

David Swan

Serial Entrepreneur and PUR Golf Founder

Former basketball coach turned business owner David Swan tries to save his golf game by inventing the PUR Golf training aid, which recently launched—after 300 iterations—and is already earning rave reviews from pro golfers.
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Scott and Isaac Lien

Scott and Isaac Lien

GrandPad Co-Founders

Driven to help seniors stay connected, the father-son duo behind GrandPad created a platform that simplifies technology with an emphasis on user experience. The need, they say, continues to grow.
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Dr. Elizabeth Klodas

Dr. Elizabeth Klodas

Step One Foods Founder

Driven to improve patient health, a cardiologist developed a line of snack foods clinically proven to lower cholesterol.
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Stephen Regenold

Stephen Regenold

GearJunkie Founder

The founder of niche media brand, GearJunkie, talks about building audience and what advertisers want now.
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Rob + Ryan Weber

Rob + Ryan Weber

Great North Ventures Co-Founders/Managing Partners

They had their first life-changing startup exit right out of college, and their largest just a decade later. Serial entrepreneurs Rob and Ryan Weber share their entrepreneurial journey, the shift to investing, and the billion dollar startup that eludes them.
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Tim Murphy

Tim Murphy

Softies President

It's one thing to make it onto the list of Oprah's Favorite Things; quite another to stay there for six years running. How a small Edina loungewear company has leveraged the spotlight for continued growth.
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Dr. Simone Xavier

Dr. Simone Xavier

Sigma Beauty Co-Founder/CEO

Veterinarian turned beauty industry executive, Simone Xavier talks about turning hobby into business, influencer marketing, trends, and product development.
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Jackson Schwartz

Jackson Schwartz

Hennepin Made Co-founder and Director

With his lighting business growing and trending higher end, this artist turned entrepreneur thinks broadly about the role artistic production can play in activating the city and bringing meaning to business.
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Lisa Hannum

Lisa Hannum

Founder and CEO Beehive Strategic Communication

Years of prioritizing a flexible work culture has made adapting to change easier for the St. Paul firm. Founder Lisa Hannum walks us through the process of building a future forward workplace.
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TurnSignl Founders Jazz Hampton, Andre Creighton, Mychal Frelix

TurnSignl Founders Jazz Hampton, Andre Creighton, Mychal Frelix

TurnSignl Founders

They were the right founders, with the right idea, at a time it was needed most. TurnSignl debuted to big accolades; now two years in, how are the founders handling the pressure while continuing to scale?
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Cathy Connett

Cathy Connett

Sofia Fund Co-Founder/CEO

She left a successful corporate career to start one of the first angel investment funds with a focus on women, who were being left out of deals. That was 1998. Why is this still an issue?
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Serial Entrepreneurs Dan Mallin and Scott Litman

Serial Entrepreneurs Dan Mallin and Scott Litman

Co-Founders of Lucy AI, MN Cup, and more

Prolific tech founders and creators of the Minnesota Cup startup competition, the duo behind Magnet 360, Lucy, other companies talk about their proudest accomplishment: building an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Minnesota.
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Chad Hetherington

Chad Hetherington

The Stable Co-Founder and CEO

Inside The Stable’s rapid rise from creating a “next gen retail agency” to being acquired by Accenture, and what comes next.
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Charlie Kratsch

Charlie Kratsch

Infinite Campus Founder/CEO

The founder of ed tech platform Infinite Campus talks purpose vs. profit, technology's ability to improve K-12 learning, and how the pandemic accelerated the use of learning management tools.
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Emily Pritchard

Emily Pritchard

The Social Lights Founder and CEO

Early to see the role social media marketing could play in business, Emily Pritchard founded The Social Lights, a Minneapolis-based agency that now advises Fortune 500s.
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Adrienne Benjamin

Adrienne Benjamin

Native American Reconciliation Advisor

The path to becoming a Native American reconciliation advisor and the ongoing work of helping a brand like Minnetonka make amends for generations of cultural appropriation.
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Amanda LaGrange

Amanda LaGrange

CEO of Repowered

The CEO of Minneapolis-based Repowered, formerly Tech Dump, on fulfilling a "triple bottom line" with pillars of people, planet, and technology.
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Scott Olson

Scott Olson

Rollerblade founder

The founder of Rollerblade, one of the most iconic lifestyle products to come out of Minnesota in the 20th Century, Scott Olson shares his inventor's process, business disappointments, and his next big idea at the intersection of fitness and thrills.
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