Dan Cohen—neurologist, medical doctor and serial entrepreneur best known for bringing Breathe Right nasal strips to market—believes his latest product will be a big hit for a sleep-deprived world. He’s launching the Soltec Sleep Management System, a $1249,...
Letter From the Editor
Editor’s Note
When the ink dried on our group’s deal to acquire Upsize earlier this year and I started making editorial plans, I initially intended for the cover story in this human resources-focused issue to be about creating systems. It’s not a sexy topic, but it’s an important...
Upsize 2.0
When Upsize co-founder Beth Ewen wanted to take a step back from editorial duties a few years back, she reached out to me and a couple others to measure our interest in taking over. I’ve always loved the magazine, so I immediately replied back in the affirmative. That...
Freaky cool
“I firmly believe in face-to-face contact,” declared Aaron Keller, co-founder of design firm Capsule. Granted, our interview was before the freak-out over the coronavirus arrived in the United States, but the thought nonetheless holds. “The massive move to so much...
An unmet need
“In a big corporation you’re a cog, and now in a start-up you’re the wheel.” That’s how Angie Conley, CEO of the three-year-old Abilitech, described the change from her former life as an executive at Medtronic. She found her calling in a classic entrepreneurial way:...
Editor’s Note
Clayton Gardner was living the glittery life as a business partner with David Koch at Seven steakhouse and Escape nightclub in Minneapolis, 30,000-square-foot see-and-be-seen hot spots that were once as riddled with controversy as patronized by celebrities. “When it...
Editor’s Note
For any old person who’s lamented about “kids today,” this story’s for you. Isabel and Caroline Bercaw of Edina are co-founders of Da Bomb, the manufacturer and distributer of fizzy bath bombs. With help from their mother, Kim, who is CEO, and their father, Ben, who...
Always Wrong
When it started raining in my dining room, I hit a new low in what I’ll euphemistically call my adventures in moving. Only now can I write about the experience, it was that morale-busting. But as all things in a journalist’s career, life equals copy, so I’ll share...
Letter From the Editor
The co-founder of HabitAware, Aneela Idnani Kumar, was clearly emotional as she pitched her company’s concept to a panel of judges and audience members at MEDA’s $1 Million Challenge for Minority Entrepreneurs earlier this year. And that was a big part of her power....
Bloated
I recently ventured into the cold, cruel world of job hunting in a new city without my vast network of contacts for the first time in 21 years, and I believe I’ve discovered the reason why so many employers (all of them) are having such a terrible time recruiting new...