The Downside of Efficiency
The moment I sat down to write this column, I stumbled upon a breaking news story about Air France Flight 447. It seemed a strange coincidence, having just watched a program about the jetliner’s crash.
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Month: May 2011
Off-The-Cuff
We have much to share. So rather than dawdle about the weather or something inconsequential, I want to get right at this issue’s pertinent potpourri of thought and information.
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The Lancaster Agency
Independent insurance agent Mark Lancaster opened The Lancaster Agency at 1615 North Riverfront in November 2010.
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T&K Event Planners & Decorators
Tammy Buegler’s father was a 3M engineer and her mother a director of nursing for Union Hospital and later, New Ulm Medical Center.
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Betters Weinandt
Elizabeth Weinandt and Mark Betters formed Betters Weinandt Attorneys at Law in January 2011.
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Doug Anderson
Doug Anderson lucked into it. He would be first to tell you. But nearly all businesspeople luck into opportunity. Connect Business Magazine over its 17-year history has featured hundreds of businesspeople that happened to be in the right place at the right time, including some of the more financially flourishing, such as Bill Bresnan, Tom Rosen, and Glen Taylor.
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Jones Metal Products
“Aw, you’re a girl.” The chagrin was evident in the coach’s words when 10-year-old Sarah Richards was drafted to play baseball the first year Little League went co-ed. She didn’t let the coach’s response to her gender deter her. Her parents’ advice—now that she took seriously.
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Russell Associates
Most young Minnesotans simply don’t aspire to having a career caring for dairy animals 7-days-a-week, 365-days-a-year for years. Jerry Van Oort lived that hard life early on. It would teach him nearly everything necessary for later business success, including the art of surviving change and adversity, of which he would have plenty.
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