Enterprising Minnesotans: 150 Years of Business Pioneers - Softcover

George, Stephen

9780816642205: Enterprising Minnesotans: 150 Years of Business Pioneers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816642206 ISBN 13: 9780816642205

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2005

Everyone has heard of 3M, General Mills, and Pillsbury, but did you know that companies such as Best Buy, Digital River, Chun King, and the Greyhound Bus Company began in Minnesota as well? In Enterprising Minnesotans we read stories of the diverse men and women throughout Minnesota’s rich history who have created exceptional businesses. Here are portraits of people driven by an entrepreneurial spirit to found enduring enterprises from 1849 to the present, including Cargill, the Mayo Clinic, Andersen Windows, Ecolab, Schwan’s, and Leeann Chin, Inc. Meet visionaries such as Cadwallader Washburn of Washburn-Crosby (eventually General Mills), James J. Hill of Great Northern Railway, Colonel Lewis Brittin of Northwest Airlines, and Earl Bakken of Medtronic.

Experience the adventurous spirit of James Madison Goodhue, who established the Minnesota Pioneer newspaper, and African American journalist John Quincy Adams, founder of the Appeal, now the Minneapolis Spokesman-Recorder. Find out how Rose Totino, a daughter of poor Italian immigrants, advanced from running her own pizzeria to perfecting the production of frozen pizzas, to becoming a multimillionaire top executive with Pillsbury. Learn about the strength of entrepreneurial families like the Daytons and Fullers, and partnerships such as Jimmy Jam Harris and Terry Lewis, who turned their own successful careers as musicians into an influential R and B production company, Flyte Tyme Records.

Through fascinating stories, Enterprising Minnesotans honors the creativity, tenacity, and boldness that enabled these men and women to transform their dreams into success.

Stephen George is a management consultant and business writer based in the Twin Cities.

Marilyn Carlson Nelson is chair and CEO of Carlson Companies. She was named one of the “most powerful women in business” by Fortune magazine.

Published in cooperation with the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.

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is a management consultant and business writer based in the Twin Cities. is chair and CEO of Carlson Companies. She was named one of the "most powerful women in business" by Fortune magazine.

Review:

"The book's institutions - the old Dayton's, Hamm Brewing Company, Land O'Lakes, Best Buy, and Northwest Airlines - have touched us all at one time or another." - Star Tribune "Rushing into the future without learning from the past is folly.... That is one reason why Enterprising Minnesotans will make important reading for today's business managers." - Pioneer Press"

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