The Grays of Fairness
After talking with people about American Crystal Sugar Company's lockout, I felt a bit agitated at how both sides seemingly have good points, but are unable to settle—a perfect stalemate.
February 2012
What We Mean by “Pro-Business”
Oddly, the phrase still scares some like a bad Halloween experience.
October 2011
Wake Up and Smell the Ginseng
If we don't better support our early-stage companies, China soon might.
July 2011
Cultivating Hunger Relief
Social entrepreneurialism is hard at work as a coalition gears up to provide an additional 100 million meals to needy Minnesotans.
June 2011
Downtown Minneapolis
When competing with other cities for employers and employees, better retail's a must.
May 2011
Innovation, the Economy, and Government
Elected officials must learn to innovate as businesses do.
April 2011
Opportunities with Autism
Certain traits of those with autism spectrum disorder make them desirable employees for a growing number of businesses.
February 2011
Regional Economic Development
Can the Twin Cities soon join the list of metro areas benefiting from a regionalized business development and marketing approach?
January 2011
The $4.7 Billion Question
It may be best to let a tax credit die and repurpose its funding to help counter ethanol's accidentally adverse impact on our economy.
December 2010
Columns below this point are written by Jay Novak
Jay Novak was the editor and publisher of Twin Cities Business from 2001 through September 2010.
October 2010
Goodbye Again
Here I am, with just a tincture of embarrassment, saying goodbye yet again.
October 2010
Row
I’m retiring from publishing, and this is my way of both saying goodbye and assuring you that with regard to the quality of this magazine, anyone who has made anything of my departure has made too much of it.
September 2010
The Value of (Some) Awards
The stories of winners are always entertaining and inspiring; they are also reassuring.
August 2010
The Newest Hall of Famers
Profiles of Minnesota's Business Hall of Fame members since 1999
July 2010
Fallen Castles
When we create difficult situations, we have a variety of ways to handle them.
June 2010
Data, a Dinger, and a Prayer
The challenges of opening a restaurant, turning 60, and the passing of a friend.
May 2010
Sixteen and Two-Thirds Years
We are 200 months old this month—16 and 2/3 years—and we have plastered that fact at the top of the cover and devoted all of this issue’s feature-story space to a compendium of profiles highlighting the number 200.
April 2010
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