1MC Strives to Provide Resources for Diverse-Owned Businesses
1Million Cups is a nationwide group of volunteers that support start up entrepreneurs (5 years or less) with weekly meetings
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Special Reports
Agriculture Presses on in Uncertain Times
Adapting to conditions outside of their control is nothing new for people involved in agriculture. Weather conditions, market uncertainty and
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Navigating the Legal Lay of the Land When Starting a Business
So you want to be an entrepreneur and you’ve done the “fun” stuff: you have a name picked out, you
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The Hidden Workforce
With a regional unemployment rate hovering around 2%, one of the greatest struggles faced by area businesses has been the
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Sleepy Eye’s Business Sector Is Far From Sleepy
Sleepy Eye Coffee Company and Sleepy Eye Brewing Company are both located in the newly restored PIX Theater building with
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Helping Make Dreams A Reality
Celestial Backers, a.k.a. Angel Investors, Growing as a Resource in our Area Finding financing can be one of the biggest
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Nominate Today!
Most of us love supporting a small business, especially when it’s owned by family, friends or people we know. Now,
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Feature Collaboration Connection
Left to right: Ellen Koenigs, Y Barbers; Lisa Phillips, Blue Skye Mercantile; Jeni Bobholz, Circle Inn; Julie Sabin, Rooftop Bar
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Local Hemp Farmers Take the Lead
Matt Little has some definite plans for an uncertain industry. Along with partners Garth Carson, an entrepreneur and business owner, and Mike Drummer of Mankato, Little is creating a vertically integrated hemp business that strives to, as he puts it, “take our crop from seed to soil to products.” But with an industry that is fighting 80 years of a marijuana hangover, of sorts, they’re literally starting from the ground up. “Right now, if anybody tells you they have it figured out, they’re lying,” Little says.
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