Squeezing Oil from Rock

An American oil rush is underway in North Dakota and Wayzata-based company Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. have leased the mineral rights to more than 60,000 acres of prime oil real estate.

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Phil Roberts

Gut Instinct

If Phil Roberts has a feeling about food, chances are you will too.

Steve Kickert

Office Chaos Theory

According to Steve Kickert, there is no way around chaos, so you need to learn how to manage and plan for it.

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Features
Patrick Lynch

Not Getting Rusty

Northern Technologies International Corporation moves into green technologies.

Dave Osborne and Paul Flesch

Profit Shelters

Medina’s Clam Corporation, which manufactures ice fishing shelters, recently got into summertime business and watched its profits climb all year round.

Dan Hill

Facing the Market

Want to tell what consumers really think of an ad or product? Dan Hill says its all in the face.

My Business Card is a Book

My Business Card Is a Book

Beaver's Pond Press is a contract publisher that not only gets business-oriented authors established—it also helps them sell their books.

Marilyn Carlson Nelson

How We Lead

Eight personal stories excerpted from the new book by Carlson Chairman Marilyn Carlson Nelson and Deborah Cundy, How We Lead Matters: Reflections on a Life of Leadership.

Jim Cook of Investment Rarities, Inc.

A Man for Our Times

Jim Cook will sell you fear. He will also sell you silver.

Peter DeLange

Medical Device Doctors

Eden Prairie-based Devicix has created a business out of designing medical devices for other companies.

Small Business Success Stories
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Innovative Power Systems

Bringing the Light

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Vang Dental Clinic

A Hero to His Patients

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Snap Fitness

Getting Fit Fast

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Rock on Trucks

A Rock-Solid Business

More People Companies

Dave Kloeber Has a Plane to Catch

The busiest entrepreneur you’ve never heard of runs a private-jet company—just to get around to his other businesses.

How Does Cecily Sommers Know What You'll Be Doing Next?

The founder of the Push Institute is an accidental futurist whose arty, techy conference has found a business following.

Lay of the Land

Marc Putman designs attractive developments. But it’s not easy to get them approved.

By Design

Hideki Yamamoto's career full of attention-getting branding designs has gotten him attention, too.

Big To-Do

One company thrives on the list of errands you stress about.

Inside Buzz

For architectural design firm Studio Hive, good interior-space design is good business.

Boris Miksic's Double Life

He left Yuguoslavia 30 years ago and started a corrosion-resistance business in Minnesota. Now the founder and CEO of Cortec Corporation wants to clean up corruption and reinvigorate his homeland’s economy from his seat on the city council of the country’s capital, Zagreb.

Plugging Leaks

LuciData originally sought to fix internal IT problems. Now it’s focusing on preventing them.

In on the Ground Floor

Inside Edge Commercial Interior Services has gone from zero to $18.8 million in three years.

Anticipating Needs

Following customers beyond the United States has helped Donaldson to grow.

Overheard

"I changed my major five times in college. I had no clue. It was the same when I started Andcor. I had no idea how to run a business. I truly know of no other person who has made more mistakes than I have."

- Dennis Anderson

Founder

Andcor

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