Tony Miller has spent his entire career thinking about how to improve health insurance for American consumers. He realized early on he was going to have to innovate on the
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When Marcia Avirom moved from New York to the Twin Cities in 2021, transportation was difficult. New York is a hail-a-taxi town; the Twin Cities are not. And though rideshares
“Has everyone heard about climate change?” That’s how entrepreneur and scientist Andrew Jones started the pitch that resulted in a grand prize win at the MN Cup startup competition grand
Nine Minnesota startups are set to advance to the final phase of the yearly MN Cup competition. On Friday, MN Cup organizers announced the nine division winners in the 2023
If there’s one thing that sells well at the Minnesota State Fair, it’s Minnesota. And that’s artist Adam Turman’s specialty. “Paul Bunyon, the loon, hot dish, Split Rock Lighthouse—I love
Ten more Minnesota business leaders on Thursday took home regional honors in Ernst & Young’s annual Entrepreneur of the Year Award program. At a ceremony at the Fillmore Minneapolis last
Lisa Nicholson weaves a story that many entrepreneurs would envy. Starting out with tomatoes from her own garden, she built St. Paul salsa brand Salsa Lisa from the ground up
An uptick in pet ownership can make it more challenging to get an appointment with the vet. What if you could speed up the process by running diagnostic tests on
Vergent Bioscience is developing a drug to help patients recover from cancer—but perhaps not in the way you might expect. The drug is a fluorescent imaging agent known as VGT-309,
Joseph Rueter is in the business of sharpening knives, but his mission extends far beyond kitchen cutlery. Working from a storefront in a Wayazata strip mall, Rueter is building a
It was the sort of feel-good story local TV news thrives on, especially during the holiday season: community-minded entrepreneur with a dream to create a magical indoor light park that
Think you’ve got a book in you? Wise Ink Creative Publishing in Minneapolis is a hybrid publisher, which means it provides guidance on all aspects of the process, from story
Yasameen Sajady Co-founder and CEO, Maazah, which makes Afghan-style chutney sauces “The journey from scaling a small farmers market staple to a nationwide brand has been a huge learning curve. This
Swannies Golf, the Inver Grove Heights-based golf apparel brand, is growing rapidly; it’s now sold in more than 1,500 pro shops across the U.S. and Canada. Started in 2015 by
They tried to get rid of tipping a while back, before the pandemic, remember? It was contextualized as sexist and exploitative. This rebellion, strongly backed by local unions, failed mostly
Chef Justin Sutherland’s freak boating accident on July 3 made national news. The timing of it seemed particularly heartbreaking, hitting right as his red-hot career was reaching new heights. He
After David Decker’s mom lost her home to foreclosure a decade ago, he and his wife, Amanda Zielike, couldn’t stop thinking about all the memories left behind when the building
Innovation commonly conjures images of breakthroughs in technology or logistics. However, for an entrepreneur, any idea that can grow into a business is an unquestioned opportunity. Most new business ideas