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Miromatrix, the University of Minnesota spinoff that holds promise of being able to build human organs and tissue (see the May story), has received a $250,000 loan from the Minnesota
Wilkommen!

Wilkommen!

Minneapolitan Christa Tiefenbacher-Hudson is one of five honorary German consuls in the U.S.
Irwin Jacobs Gets Back in the Boat

Irwin Jacobs Gets Back in the Boat

Shaken by a Genmar bankruptcy that he didn’t see coming, he’s determined to rebuild his boat business. No, he doesn’t expect an industry turnaround, but Jacobs says he’ll be profitable regardless.
Pieces of Eight

Pieces of Eight

“I’ve probably sold more octopus in the past year than I have in the previous 20 combined,” says Tim Lauer, general manager of Coastal Seafoods. Tako has always been on
The Fallon Diaspora

The Fallon Diaspora

Fallon has been creative in more ways than one. Besides award-winning advertising, it also has spawned several new agencies that are small, but garnering national attention—in part, by doing “advertising” in nontraditional ways.
Believe It or Not

Believe It or Not

Breathe Laser Therapy claims to have a better way to help smokers kick the habit. CEO Rick Diamond intends a national rollout. All that stands in the way is a little credibility issue and a treatment method that “sounds like voodoo.”
Joint Effort

Joint Effort

At OrthoCor, a venture capitalist and an electrical engineer create “a next-generation heating pad” for troubled knees.

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Iconoculture founders Mary Meehan and Vickie Abrahamson have left their Minneapolis market research firm to start another, Panoramix Global. Their focus is projecting consumer trends in the G-20: 19 industrialized