Recent Articles from Suzy Frisch

Life on Blend

Life on Blend

What Really Works helps businesses set long-term goals, and it also has launched a research practice and a monthly speaker series.

February 2011

LaChel Hird

Backed to School

Despite the condition of the economy, some companies have boosted spending on tuition reimbursement and other continuing education programs.

October 2010

Mary Foarde and Kit Friedemann

“Micro-Law” for Health Care Providers

The founders of a new firm called FriedemannFoarde see their business model—long experience, lower fees—working in their favor as providers increasingly face new cost pressures.

September 2010

Marti Morfitt and Libby Trader

Cleared for Takeoff

Under CEO Marti Morfitt, Airborne has boosted sales and begun development of new products.

August 2010

Andrew Humphrey

Minding Your Own Business

Faegre & Benson's new managing partner, Andrew Humphrey, previously oversaw the firm's London office and the development of its strategic plan.

July 2010

OrthoCor

Joint Effort

Minneapolis-based OrthoCor Medical's Active Knee System combines heat and electrical therapy to help joint pain.

June 2010

Bio Building Boom

Bio Building Boom

Minnesota's bioscience industry gets a boost from the University of Minnesota's new Biomedical Discovery District.

May 2010

Liwanag Ojala, with Pear Tree Greetings’ Online Marketing Manager Thao Truong (left) and Customer Advocate Christy Bode, offers a customer-centric approach to ordering online stationery.

Getting the Message

Pear Tree Greetings is striving to compete with Shutterfly, Snapfish, Tiny Prints, and Kodak Gallery by offering cards and personal stationery at an affordable price.

March 2010

The equipment PaR Nucelear produces is massive. Above, a 250-ton

Nuclear Powerhouse

A distant General Mills spinoff, Shoreview-based PaR Nuclear is manufacturing nuclear engery's resurgence in the United States.

February 2010

Peter Leppik’s “high-touch business model” allows clients to fix customer-service problems before they become too big.

Listening More Closely

Peter Leppik’s “high-touch business model” allows clients to fix customer-service problems before they become too big.

January 2010

Brothers Peter (left) and Jon Westerhaus are expanding Survey & Ballot Systems’ overseas business.

Company Provides Associations With Impartial Elections

For many organizations, Eden Prairie-based Survey & Ballot Systems has become the fair elections board.

October 2009

CEO Patrick Riley, whose local clients include UnitedHealth Group and Ameriprise, provides both surveys and business consulting.

Making Change

Modern Survey, whose local clients include UnitedHealth Group and Ameriprise, polls a company’s work force to help cut down on HR expenses and time.

May 2009

Green Energy

Green Energy

As Minnesota’s alternative and renewable energy industry grows, local law firms will need to do the same.

February 2009

Bill Rosacker

The Banking Community

A conversation with Bill Rosacker, president and CEO of United Bankers’ Bank in Bloomington.

January 2009

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