The Line
By Dan Haugen
Sep 1, 2010
Tommy Creal rolled into town two years ago on a custom-built chopper with a full tank of ambition. This fall, the young entrepreneur is retooling his business in hopes of finding the right gear.
Minnesota, Minneapolis, Motorcycles, alternative fuels, ethanol
The Line
By Dan Haugen
Sep 1, 2010
After signing a lease for its future brewery in downtown Minneapolis, Fulton Beer has a plan for its next round of growth. First, though, it needs to make sure it can pay the tab.
beer, Minneapolis
The Line
By Dan Haugen
Aug 25, 2010
Any business gathering that features conga drummers obviously means to motivate. And that was just what a group of Twin Cities attorneys, advisors, entrepreneurs, and investors wanted to do when they launched the new "innovation advocacy force" called MOJO Minnesota in May. The Line spoke with two of the group's founders about how they plan to use their energy over the months ahead.
innovation, entrepreneurship, Minnesota
The Line
By Dan Haugen
Aug 25, 2010
A pair of local developers have created a free iPhone app to help people navigate and explore the Minneapolis skyway system. The Minneapolis Skyway app, by Frypan Digital, includes a map and business directory that lets users search for stores, see reviews and save favorites.
Minneapolis, iphone apps, skyways
The Line
By Dan Haugen
Aug 25, 2010
Minnesota's breakthrough ideas this year include a battery for storing solar power, a device to help doctors communicate across language barriers, and a service for managing online movie and music ratings. Minnesota Cup organizers last week announced division finalists for this year's sixth annual statewide entrepreneur contest. (We've pasted the complete list below.)
Minnesota, entrepreneruship
The Line
By Dan Haugen
Aug 25, 2010
A Minneapolis cleantech startup is loosening the nozzle after raising at least $765,000 from investors to roll out its non-toxic, biodegradable firefighting gel. EarthClean recently disclosed that it was about a quarter of the way through a $3 million round of equity financing. The company's product, TetraKO, is a low-cost, environmentally safer alternative to conventional firefighting foams.
Minneapolis, cleantech, Firefighting
The Line
By Dan Haugen
Aug 25, 2010
A former Medtronic manager has found a second career giving greeting cards a second life. Last fall Christy Eichers started selling kits to help consumers reuse old greeting cards. Regreet kits come with fresh envelopes and recycled-paper labels to affix over the original signatures.
Minneapolis, Small Business, green business
The Line
By Dan Haugen
Aug 25, 2010
A local software firm is attracting global customers for its cloud-computing services. Minneapolis-based enStratus helps companies manage their cloud-computing activities. As of mid-August, 80 percent of the company's new customers this year have been from outside of the United States.
Technology, Minneapolis, cloud computing
Twin Cities Business
Aug 1, 2010
Twin Cities Business
Aug 1, 2010
