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Giving New Life To Old Businesses Matt Schnoor Invests in Marshall When Matt Schnoor moved to Marshall in 1990, he

The 1 Million Cups movement in Mankato had big plans for their second year in southern Minnesota: they wanted to

by John Considine, Director of Regional Business Intelligence for Greater Mankato Growth The phrase “we’re all in this together” is

1Million Cups is a nationwide group of volunteers that support start up entrepreneurs (5 years or less) with weekly meetings

Adapting to conditions outside of their control is nothing new for people involved in agriculture. Weather conditions, market uncertainty and

So you want to be an entrepreneur and you’ve done the “fun” stuff: you have a name picked out, you

With a regional unemployment rate hovering around 2%, one of the greatest struggles faced by area businesses has been the

Sleepy Eye Coffee Company and Sleepy Eye Brewing Company are both located in the newly restored PIX Theater building with

Celestial Backers, a.k.a. Angel Investors, Growing as a Resource in our Area Finding financing can be one of the biggest