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Self-serve kiosks provide automated dry cleaning

(Finance & Commerce, November 7, 2011)—You swipe a credit card at a vending machine-sized kiosk. A clothing rack whirls around inside until your shirt or blouse appears. A robotic arm plucks it from the rack by the hanger and passes it to a glass enclosure in front of you. You pop open a door, grab [...]

Posted 07 November 2011 † Dan § Business § Finance & Commerce § Minnesota § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

How will Silicon Energy and TenKsolar manage in oversupplied solar panel market?

(Finance & Commerce, October 24, 2011)—Silicon Energy became Minnesota’s second solar-electric panel manufacturer when it started shipping rooftop units from its Iron Range factory in mid-September. It joins Bloomington-based TenKsolar, which began selling its commercial systems in 2010. The companies are getting a boost from a made-in-Minnesota solar rebate program for Xcel Energy customers. And [...]

Posted 24 October 2011 † Dan § Business § Cleantech § Energy § Environment § Finance & Commerce § Manufacturing § Minnesota ‡ Comments (0) °

Sick of Corporations? Co-Op Evangelists Want You on Their Side

(GOOD, October 13, 2011)—Brian Van Slyke didn’t want to be a boss‚ and he didn’t want to have one either. But as his one-man record label grew to a three-person operation, they needed some type of organizational structure. “We wanted to be our own bosses, together,” Van Slyke says. In 2006, Fall of the West [...]

Posted 13 October 2011 † Dan § Business § Economy § GOOD ‡ Comments (0) °

See my cover story in the June issue of Minnesota Business

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Posted 07 June 2011 † Dan § Business § Design § Economy § Minneapolis § Minnesota § Minnesota Business § Retail ‡ Comments (0) °

W3i: Playing the Game

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Posted 19 May 2011 † Dan § Business § Minnesota § Technology § Twin Cities Business ‡ Comments (0) °

Cem Erdem Hits the Accelerator

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Posted 15 April 2011 † Dan § Business § Minnesota § Technology § Twin Cities Business ‡ Comments (0) °

An obesity medical device lost its Gruve. Can it get it back?

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Posted 02 February 2011 † Dan § Business § MedCity News § Medical Devices § Minnesota ‡ Comments Off °

Bridge to Innovation: Ovative Group

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Posted 10 January 2011 † Dan § Business § Minneapolis § Minnesota § Technology § Twin Cities Business ‡ Comments Off °

The new corporate hybrids: socially conscious local companies bridge the profit/nonprofit divide

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Posted 08 December 2010 † Dan § Business § Minneapolis § Minnesota § The Line ‡ Comments Off °

The Fall & Rise of Albert Tharin

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Posted 01 October 2010 † Dan § Business § Minnesota § Minnesota Business ‡ Comments Off °