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Q+A: Diana Mini of Shark Industries
Tom Johnson
Posted on 06/14/2013 - 3:45pm |
Editor's note: This interview is part of an ongoing series on manufacturing being run in anticipation of the 2013 Minnesota Business Manufacturing Awards. Nominations are now open.Fashion design and abrasives manufacturing aren’t two industries you’d generally think of together, but then again you...
Minnesota tops nation as healthy society
Posted on 06/12/2013 - 10:56am |
Minnesota tops the nation as a healthy society. That’s according to the recently released 2013 Camelot Index from State Policy Reports. The Healthy Society component of the research includes five variables:1. Home ownership, 20112. The percentage of the population voting, 20123. Births to unwed...
Guest post: Fostering a great place to work
Posted on 06/07/2013 - 11:53am |
Editor's note: The following post originally appeared on the blog of Goff Public and refers to the firm, based in St. Paul, winning a "Best in Class" award (category of small company) at our 2013 100 Best Companies to Work For event, held June 7 in Minneapolis. Posted here with...
Event recap: Minnesota's '100 Best Companies to Work For' honored
Posted on 06/07/2013 - 9:36am |
** Photos and videos from the event are available hereMINNEAPOLIS (June 7, 2013) — Minnesota Business magazine’s second annual 100 Best Companies to Work For event was held to great acclaim last night. Taking place at The Depot Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, the event brought together and...
Twin Cities CIOs reveal third-quarter hiring plans
Posted on 06/05/2013 - 10:21am |
Third-quarter technology hiring projections are up in the Twin Cities area, according to a new survey issued by the international tech-talent sourcing agency Robert Half Technology. The report, which surveyed 200 chief information officers (CIOs) in the area, showed that 12 percent plan to add more...
Q+A: Laura Kalambokidis, soon to be Minnesota's first female state economist
Steve Mollman
Posted on 06/04/2013 - 3:20pm |
Minnesota is about to get a new state economist — and its first female one. Yesterday Tom Stinson announced his retirement from the post (see video), which he’s held since 1987. Replacing him in July will be Laura Kalambokidis, an economics professor at the University of Minnesota. We asked her...
Q+A: Steve Rogers of Anchor Plastics
Tom Johnson
Posted on 06/03/2013 - 3:19pm |
Anchor Plastics in Golden Valley can manufacture just about anything in plastic. With a sister operation in Nogales, Mexico, the company can deliver quantity and quality a few classes above its weight, a factor that's contributed to its impressive recovery from 2008 when its revenue took...
Tricking out food trucks — how Chameleon Concessions has adapted to the role
Posted on 05/31/2013 - 3:54pm |
The below post was originally published in the June 2013 issue of Plymouth magazine.By Angela JohnsonChameleon Concessions helps restaurant owners, food service entrepreneurs and celebrity chefs serve up fabulous food truck cuisine. Years of experience have prepared Chameleon Concessions owner Mark...
Recap: Ignite Minneapolis amuses, informs, delights as promised
Posted on 05/30/2013 - 1:09pm |
Last night 400-plus curious minds were amused, informed, and delighted by 20 five-minute talks at Ignite Minneapolis. Now in its fifth year, the event was held in the Heights Theater of Columbia Heights, a first-ring Minneapolis suburb. The line for the event curved around the block. Topics ranged...
Q+A: Beth Parkhill on social enterprises and the 2013 national summit
Tom Johnson
Posted on 05/29/2013 - 3:27pm |
The national Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) Summit in downtown Minneapolis last week drew hundreds of attendees from all over the world eager to make their social enterprises more effective and meet their peers in this growing movement that melds business technique and social outreach.Given...
Twin Cities ranks No. 6 in nation as 'beer city'
Posted on 05/29/2013 - 10:09am |
The Twin Cities area has come in sixth place in the latest rankings of “America’s Best Beer Cities” by Travel + Leisure magazine. That’s up nine spots since the last rankings. The entry on the Twin Cities cites Indeed Brewing Company's retro cans and Fulton Beer’s Russian imperial stout. Both...
How to be prepared for a state sales and use tax audit in Minnesota
Posted on 05/28/2013 - 3:30pm |
By Nick Marshall If your business is one of the lucky ones that has never been through a state sales and use tax audit, or you have not had one in over 5 years, odds are that your luck will change sometime soon. Given the budget shortfalls of most states – including Minnesota – and the...
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