February 2010 | Magazine Archives
February 2010

Cover Story

Fallon's Long Road Back

If Fallon can hang onto its year-to-year contract with Chrysler, the Minneapolis-based ad agency's recovery would appear to be cemented.

Features
The Speed of Sound

The Speed of Sound

With Baby Boomers aging, demand for hearing aids is on the rise—but no one wants them. Minnesota  hearing aid companies are trying to change that.

In On the Games

In On the Games

Three Minnesota businesswoman will head to Vancouver in February to compete for gold in the Winter Olympics.

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.

William Bathe decided not to follow his employer, which renamed itself Enron, from Omaha to Houston. Staying in the Midwest meant cofounding his own company—and finding legitimate ways to grow the business.

The Next Wellhead

Climate change legislation could usher in a reprise of U.S. Energy Services' beginnings, when its founders carved out a niche created by natural gas deregulation.

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Starters
A rustic plate: Morcilla (on top) complements Samuelson’s sherry-glazed pork bellies and black Beluga lentils.

Red Roses, Black Pudding

What better than an intimate, curvy booth for two, rosy bordello lighting, succulent finger foods, and a little bit of morcilla?

Joe Stark

Joe Stark Brings Nanotech to the Forest

A nontoxic nanotech wood preservative is the idea behind Joe Stark’s start-up company, Apinee.

Spotlight
Jon Kittelsen (left) and Bite Tech CEO Bob Molhoek sell a fatigue-fighting mouth guard for contact sports and a version for less jaw-jarring endeavors.

The Bite is Right

Bite Tech has quickly grown from one to 50 employees, and it now has offices in Europe and Canada.

Ryan Petz is one of Fulton Beer’s league of “ordinary” gentlemen bringing out new craft brews locally.

Good Beer, for the People

The founders of Fulton Beer are old friends hoping to turn their homebrewing hobby into a business.

Diane Richard and Todd Melby’s newest radio documentary, “No Brother of Mine,” will be ready to air early this year.

Hot Topic Radio

Two print journalists make the jump to radio documentarians—but nonprofit status brings its own challenges.

Superstars

NAIOP Awards of Excellence

Champion Construction

The Minnesota chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties names the top commercial projects for 2009.

Green Business

Green and the Bottom Line

Green and the Bottom Line

Not every sustainable business practice is beneficial for every business. How do business leaders pick the best green processes for their companies?

Sustainability Managers

New executive-level environmental jobs demonstrate the growing awareness of green business practices as the new normal.

Telecommunications & Wireless

Dan Torgerson cut the time Walman Optical customers spent waiting on the phone.

Unified Communications

Bringing together IP telephony, instant messaging, voicemail, e-mail, faxes, and videoconferencing is saving businesses time and money.

Wireless in Health Care

Wireless devices have been adopted in a variety of industries. Here we see some of their latest uses in the medical field.

Minnesota's Broadband Future

The Minnesota Ultra High-Speed Broadband Task Force is recommending that high-speed Internet access be made available to every household and business in the state by 2015.

Law

Working it Out by Jack Gordon

Working It Out

Until the storm abates, a lot of under-capitalized companies will be looking for a turnaround lawyer.

Columnists

Editor's Note

Corner Office

Capital Beat

Investment Intelligence

Portfolio Positions

Open Letter

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