Guest Columns
By: Antar Salim / (08/22/2011) / Open Column
By: Kyle T. Peterson / (08/15/2011) / Legal
By: Carol Russell / (08/8/2011) / Marketing/ Communications
Patients disclose serious medical diagnoses online. Read more >>
By: Ty Inglis / (06/13/2011) / Human Resources
By: LAUREL KJERSTEN / (11/11/2010) / Leadership
Most companies' pricing strategies are based on four things: 1) competition, 2) the market, 3) cost plus, and 4) some estimation of value. In the best of times, pricing strategies are often based more on art than science; but these are surely not the best of times. Read more >>
By: PAUL C. ONDERICK / (11/1/2010) / Legal
“Whoever invents any new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture may obtain a patent therefor.” 35 U.S.C. § 171. If your company produces products that are unique in appearance, and your primary concern is the direct copying of those products by competitors, design patents are a useful tool for warding off (or punishing) copycats. Read more >>
By: KAREN KODZIK / (10/31/2010) / Leadership
When coaching executives in transition, I know that they want many of the same advantages and skills any job seeker wants: solid messaging and positioning, engaging résumés and networking and interviewing techniques. Read more >>
By: Rick Wall / (07/16/2010) / Banking / Finance
Recently the ABA issued some insight into how to improve your chances at getting a small business loan. Here are some of their suggestions. Read more >>
By: STEVE YOUNG / (07/1/2010) / Open Column
One of the great insights into business success is the concept promoted by Jim Collins in “Built to Last” of the tyranny of the “or” and the genius of the “and”. Read more >>
By: KEITH ROBERTS / (05/10/2010) / Open Column
This installment will address one lever Minnesota’s global business leaders can pull to drive revenue growth, net income, and earnings per share: Talent-based hiring. Read more >>
