The Best of the Recession
Many Minnesota companies profited during the downturn, and the recession stimulated the entrepreneurial spirit and creative minds of Twin Cities businesspeople.
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Carlson in Inn-dia
The country is already host to two-thirds of Carlson’s Asian hotels. Now Carlson is tripling its footprint there.
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What Apple Will Do for TV
Apple and Disney are reportedly in talks to sell/rent individual TV episodes for 99 cents.
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Escaping the Billable Hour
Keith Halleland started a new firm, where he says billable hours won’t be the driver, and a holistic approach to clients and to compensation will rule.
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Can Keith Halleland Escape the Billable Hour?
People & Companies | He’s left his namesake law firm, saying it was consumed by the short-term, eat-what-you-kill thinking of litigators. He’s started a new firm, where he says billable hours won’t be the driver, and a holistic approach to clients and to compensation will rule. Funny thing is, that’s what he thought he was doing 14 years ago.
Deep Sound
People & Companies | Better hearing without a hearing aid? That’s what Envoy Medical’s implantable device promises. But it’s expensive, its battery needs replacing, and it’s not covered by insurance (though that may be changing). Still, the company’s investors—including Glen Taylor, Ken Dahlberg, and Kevin McHale—like what they see and hear.
Carlson in Inn-dia
People & Companies | The country is already host to two-thirds of Carlson’s Asian hotels. Now Carlson is tripling its footprint there.
The Fallon Diaspora
People & Companies | 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.
Irwin Jacobs Gets Back In the Boat
People & Companies | 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.
Believe It or Not
People & Companies | 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.”
Millennials Are Rocking the Workplace
Industries & Trends | Seven generational trends and how seven Minnesota companies are finding value in adapting to them.
Further to Fall
People & Companies | Stu Utgaard was the Twin Cities’ biggest dealmaker in the ’80s and ’90s, a master of M&A. Then he made his own acquisition, Sportsman’s Warehouse, and built a single store into a $718 million retail chain. So how did Utgaard wind up buried under $31 million in personal debt?
It's All About Loyalty
People & Companies | Since meeting in the early 1980s and building Northwest Airlines’ WorldPerks frequent-flyer program, Mark Lacek and Peter Brennan have started five businesses, with a sixth on the way—nearly all devoted to helping businesses keep their customers coming back.
21st Century Watkins Man
People & Companies | What would lure Mark Jacobs (Irwin Jacobs’ son) from Manhattan to Winona to run an old-fashioned door-to-door business? The chance to apply entrepreneurial liniment to a tired, aching brand.
Daily Video Tips from Small Business School
Multimedia | Producer Hattie Bryant invites you to watch a 1-4 minute video tip each day about best business practices from the weekly television show, Small Business School.
RSSSeptember 02, 2010
- State Farm Campus in Woodbury to be Sold
- Angeion Names 2 of 3 New Board Directors
- North Memorial CEO Arrested in Prostitution Bust
- Target Same-Store, Net Retail Sales Up in Aug.
- Minnesota Cup Names Six Division Winners
- U of M, Met Council Settle Light-Rail Lawsuit
- Thomson Reuters Wants 130 to Accept Buyouts
- North Hennepin Launches Entrepreneurship Program
- MN Q2 Job Vacancies Up 32% From '09
- Target to Sell Facebook Credits Gift Cards
- MN Banks See Some Positive Signs in Q2
- Capella Ranked 71st Fastest-Growing Company
- Transitions: Personnel Changes
- Accolades: Honors & Awards
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