Companies

"The Last Picture Show" That Wasn't

PLR IP Holdings, which purchased Polaroid following the Petters Group scandal, is planning on reviving instant film.

March 2010

SMBLive CEO Alex Hawkinson came back to his home state for family reasons—and now has some business reasons to stay.

Found in the Clouds

SMBLive creates click-to-call and text messaging social hubs that make it easier for customers to get in touch.

March 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

Ronin CEO Jim Granger (left) and COO Scott Koller

Signs of Brighter Days

Wireless Ronin, with its Infopoint technology, is looking to make big in the digital signage industry.

March 2010

Robert Krowech

Steaming Ahead

HRST (for Heat Recovery System Technology)  was founded in 1998 and specializes in boiler and heat recovery technologies.

March 2010

Paul Flynn says a single bottle of his cleaner ($16.99) will provide up to a year of stink-free washing.

Big Stink

Paul Flynn repurposed an old solution he created in the Navy to treat moldy washing machines—and it worked.

February 2010

From left: Fallon Chief Marketing Officer Rob Buchner, Chief Creative Officer Darren Spiller

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.

February 2010

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.

February 2010

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.

February 2010

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.

February 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

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.

February 2010

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.

February 2010

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.

February 2010

Dinkydome

Transom

News bits from around Minnesota.

February 2010

Laura Bonicelli, founder of Solo.

Chefs on Wheels

Two Twin Cities entrepreneurs recently set up businesses delivering everything needed to create healthy, locally grown, restaurant-quality meals to customers' homes.

January 2010

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