Ken Powell proved again that he and General Mills have the courage of their convictions, whether that means taking a stand against labeling foods for genetically modified organisms or opposing…

Rautio took the helm of Carlson in August 2012, just as the Minnetonka-based hospitality company was beginning to come back from the recession. She and her predecessor, Hubert Joy (now…

With one fo the most enduring and adored restaurant empires in the Twin Cities, Phil Roberts always wanted to have fun while creating places where people can relax, enjoy good…

Now that David Mortensen and Chuck Runyon have turned Anytime Fitness into the fastest-growing fitness club in the United States and the United States and the country's 14th most promising…

If you're looking to start a startup, receiving celestial seed money from a gathering of angels can seems like divine intervention. In 2012, Sara and David Russick, themselves startup veterans,…

Rynchek launched his digital marketing agency as a one-man show when he was 23 years old. Now, Spyder Trap is a $4 million company with 40 employees. And it moveed…

2021, Change Agent: Sondra Samuels and other leaders started NAZ in 2008 to address racial and educational inequity in opportunities. The organization focuses on supporting children in north Minneapolis so…

Sieben's growing collection of acronyms after her name translates to GCS (greater client satisfaction). After adding MBT (master of business taxation) and CMA (certified management accountant) to her CPA credentials…

The real estate business was in the doldrums in 2008 when retail broker Sims left a large local firm (United Properties) to hang out a single for the local office…

Smith and Buffalo Wild Wings keep flying higher. It's now pushing toward 1,000 franchises, and not all of them are in the United States. The company opened its first restaurants…

Founded in 2008, this Plymouth-based company has plans to trash the traditional waste-hauling industry model. It's a franchise operation that touts itself as an environmentally conscious garbage collection and disposal…

Target's performance gets scrutiny both locally and nationally--in more than one sense, it's aways wearing a bull's-eye. In August, the discount retailer reporter lower second-quarter earning and offered a less-than-optimistic…

When Maureen Steinwall took over as president of the company in 1985, many customers and employees of the Coon Rapids-based injection-molding company quit in protest because a woman was becoming…

2021, Builder: After marking her seven-year anniversary as president, Julie Sullivan is driving a major growth trajectory. Minnesota’s largest private university is on a path to leap from Division III…

When the city of Shakopee was able to persuade the highly succcessful Internet-based image publishing service Shutterfly to relocate from California, and bring with it 330 full-time jobs, Mayor Brad…

A business owner for more than 25 years, Dee Thibodeau approaches life with the mindset to always be an entrepreneur, no matter what the environment. She has put that to…

Thulin wants to inspire more innovation in a company that's famous for Scotch tape, Scotchgard, and Post-It Notes. The Swedish-born Thulin's background is in marketing, not engineering, so look for…

The founder and leader of one of Minnesota's largest and best-known public relations agencies, Tunheim has her firm evolving with the ever-shifting media universe. In the past year and a…