Picking Up the Pace

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

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Kathryn Roberts has directed Ecumen to shift its focus away from nursing homes and more to senior residences like Lakeview Commons in Maplewood, where this photograph was taken.

The Woman Behind Ecumen

Kathryn Roberts is transforming the former Lutheran Board of Social Ministry into "not your grandparents' eldercare."

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.

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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.

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Listening More Closely

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

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CEO of Thomson Reuters Legal Peter Warwick expects to add to his already-massive Eagan facilities.

Thomson Reuters' Brain

The company’s Eagan-based business gives it the intellectual firepower to beat rivals LexisNexus and Bloomberg in the financial and legal content wars.

Santa Sid has been the main attraction for 14 Christmases at Mall of America.

Santas on Their Way

How an extraordinary Santa Claus can become a business venture.

First Avenue night club in Minneapolis

First Avenue Keeps Bringing the Minneapolis Sound

Despite a brief shuttering in 2004, here's how the Minneapolis club is keeping sharp amidst the quick-time change of the current scene.

Ken Evenstad

Mix Master

After years leading Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Ken Evenstad started blending one of America's best pinot noirs on his Oregon estate, Domaine Serene.

Susan Marvin, president of Marvin Windows and Doors

Susan Marvin Sees Through the Recession

Despite a difficult economy, Marvin Windows and Doors won't leave its core business.

Paul Sween (left) and Armand Brachman say a single-minded focus on rental properties is part of their edge.

A Developers' Bust Is Dominium's Boom

Dominium Development and Acquisition have become experts at negotiating the red tape of tax credits, allowing the developer to finance projects its competitors can't.

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