A Word from the Governor
MinnesotaPopulation: 5 Million (go to US Census data)
Small Businesses: 400,000 (go to resources)
Targeted Viewers: 500,00 per week (go to broadcasts)
Targeted profiles: 4000 owners to be listed from this page


Good small businesses in Minnesota.

Small Business Advocates: We invite all small business advocates to nominate good small businesses to be listed here and to be considered as the subject of a television episode.

Hyperlinks: City - Organization - Contact
Click on the CITY to go to the local Chamber of Commerce.

 Location Business Name  Owner(s) Type of business Awards
Midwest  TiresPlus  Tom Gegax &Don Gullett Auto / Retail / Franchisor  
Wayzata  Andcor within
"Business for Life" 
Dennis Anderson  Business Services: Personnel Council
Minneapolis  Cultural Toys  Jake Miles  Home & Leisure
 
 
The List of 1000* An ever-growing list of as many as 4000 Minnesota businesses   
2004 - Bill Reiling, owner of Sunrise Community Banks in St. Paul, MN
2003 – Dennis Frandsen, Frandsen Corporation
2002 - Lee Anderson, APi Group, Inc.
2001 - Eugene Frey, Waldorf Corporation
2000 - Gary Holmes, CSM Corporation
1999 - Frank Sunberg, Porto-Sunberg
1998 - Robert Kierlin, Fastenal Company of Winona
1997 - Ann Winblad, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
1996 - Alvin McQuinn, Ag-Chem Equipment Co., Inc.
1995 - Richard Schulze, Best Buy Corporation
1994 - Bernard Brennan, Montgomery Ward, Inc.
1993 - Dorothy Dolphin, Dolphin Companies
1992 - Gerald Rauenhorst, Opus Corporation
1991 - Guy Schoenecker, Business Incentives, Inc.
1990 - James Thornton, Network Systems Corporation
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*Over 4000 business will be indexed and listed from this page.

We invite your questions or comments.