Companies

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

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

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

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

Picking Up the Pace: Minnesota is the world's pacemaker headquarters.

Picking Up the Pace

Minnesota's pacemaker industry has matured, but it continues to be at the front of cardiac rhythm innovation.

January 2010

Winland Electronics CEO Tom de Petra

The 38-Year-Old Start-Up

When Tom de Petra became CEO of Winland Electronics, he knew that the Mankato-based company qualified as a serious fixer-upper.

January 2010

Finnegans cofounder Jacquie Berglund.

At Finnegans, Begin Again

Operating a volunteer-run business can be a double-edged sword.

December 2009

Drill Down to the Inner Artist

Frattallone’s Ace Hardware, a Twin Cities chain with 15 stores, is exhibiting a little-known side of the business: hardware store as art-supply source.

December 2009

President Berk Claiborne is one of three Fluid Interiors staffers with LEED accreditation.

Fluid Interiors Reinvents Itself as a Green Office-Interiors Company

Rebranding as Fluid Interiors, an office interiors company gets new life by focusing on sustainability.

December 2009

Partners (from left) Lon Larson, Edward Bacig, and Gene Kuppenbender work with hydrogeologists and other specialists.

Minnesota Company Cleans Up by Cleaning Up Old Military Bases

On old military bases and industrial sites, there's always a mess. Bay West is cleaning up.

December 2009

Jon Pearce (left) developed the concept; Minute Clinic cofounder Rick Krieger is CEO.

Minute Clinic Cofounder Heads Up Health Care Start-Up

Zipnosis allows patients to report symptoms through a software-guided interview on its Web site.

December 2009

Pure Market Express's Rebecca Irey.

Raw Meal Deal

Rebecca Irey and her husband, Quentin, launched Pure Market Express in August, selling "gourmet raw cuisine."

December 2009

ShopNBC's Michelle Phillips hosts a segment with gems expert Paul Deasy. Long a jewelry specialist, ShopNBC has been boosting other product categories to broaden its appeal.

ShopNBC Reprograms Its Shopping Channel Model

It was close to being sold, or perhaps even going under. Under a new CEO, the channel’s retooling. Will it finally turn a consistent profit with consumers retrenching?

December 2009

Colle & McVoy's Hopenhagen campaign for December's UN climate change conference in Denmark.

Transom

News bits from Minnesota companies.

December 2009

Vaddio cofounder Rob Sheeley.

A Minnesota Company Makes a Video Camera in the U.S.A.

Vaddio, a New Hope-based company, produces the only video camera made domestically.

November 2009

Diseased or unwanted trees that might have become municipal mulch get new life as flooring or custom furniture (the photo shows Seward Co-op’s elm conference table in the making) at Wood from the ‘Hood.

Building Material as Local as Your Own Backyard

Diseased or unwanted trees get new life as flooring or custom furniture at Wood from the 'Hood.

November 2009

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