Over the past year, I’ve spent a good deal of time traveling across the country, meeting with clients, partners, and business leaders in regions experiencing rapid economic growth. There’s a common ...

The Minnesota Business Partnership conducted a lengthy search process in 2023 to find a successor for Charlie Weaver, who excelled at leading the organization for 20 years. Kurt Zellers, a former ...

Scott Litman and Dan Mallin are five-time technology founders, co-inventors on seven issued patents related to AI, and ...

Many of us who have spent our working lives in Minnesota carry a quiet confidence that this state sells itself, that the ...

While this may be an exaggeration, it is the origin of the word “sabotage.” This was the precursor of the AI revolution, and ...

When Efrain Torres traveled to Silicon Valley this spring to be a part of Y Combinator (YC), a renowned startup accelerator that offers a three-month mentorship program for early-stage companies, he ...

Today, Minnesota ranks last in defense spending per capita. But the state has a new defense technology player in town that’s aiming to help bring together a group of innovative local businesses to ...

Medtronic’s latest quest for growth has focused on a key area: acquiring companies to quickly expand into new markets. To do that, it made more acquisitions in the past year than it had in the ...

A bank can be a network, a hub, a launchpad. It can sow opportunities, shape markets, and help businesses get off the ground. The nine banking leaders and advisors on our Notable list drive forward ...

Scott Kuhlman was recently named the first Chief AI & Innovation Officer at Wings Credit Union, where he leads the ...

Emily Davis was recently promoted to Vice President of Retail Operations at Wings Credit Union. Since joining Wings in 2021 as a branch manager, she has spent much of her career at the credit union as ...

In March, the two remaining D’Amico & Sons restaurants in the Twin Cities ceased operations. Paul Smith, Larry and Richard D’Amico’s business partner, acquired sole ownership of the catering side of ...