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Member FDIC www.studio-120.com 800.759.0992 [email protected] F E B RUA RY 2013 Contents Cover Photo by Travis Anderson 34The Business Behind Bizarre By Adam Platt How Andrew Zimmern is Sweet Land morphing a hit By Fran Howard cable show into The birthplace of the Milky Way, Minnesota has a a diversified, rich history in the candy business. Now even some branded network of 28 old favorites are getting a fresh look. businesses. FEATURES 42The Recipe By Adam Platt Capital Dreams Shea has figured out By Brad Allen what it takes to suc- Cornerstone Capital Management’s Andy ceed in perhaps the Wyatt bet that a ‘dream team’ of money managers toughest business out could get Wall Street’s attention. It just took a little there--restaurants. 46 longer than expected. 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Once it is, who will use this new 12 Intelligence Report route to capital? Minnesota business leaders plan to scale back this quarter due to politics and taxes, among other factors. 14 Starters Startup Miinome wants you to help you market your DNA. • Minnetonka’s own Stuffie was a holiday hit. DEPARTMENTS • • Northern Tool+Equipment makes a manly merger. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY • Are federal regulations crushing community banks? 57 The Many Uses of Big Data By Jack Gordon The deluge of digital information is being mined to 22 Concierge predict which cereal the public will buy, where crime will occur, and how By Melinda Nelson Where to take out-of-town guests willing to to run for president. brave the February wind chill. 23 Personal Brand By Melinda Nelson Executive matchmaking services can help SPECIAL FOCUSES SPECIAL busy professionals accomplish their strategic romantic objectives. 24 Spotlight • Blooma • Twin Cities Public Television • GovDelivery 48 Northern Exposure By Gene Rebeck Four stories of Duluth businesses tell how the city scraped the rust off the recession. 49 Performing Philanthropy By Sarah Lutman Just like businesses, nonprofits need to know 64 Manager’s Menu when it’s time to fold. 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Opperman CEO & General Counsel Vance K. Opperman CFO Charles F. Thell COO Nathaniel Opperman President Gary Johnson VP, Publishing Deborah Hopp VP, Production & Design Mary K. Authier VP, Editorial Jayne Haugen Olson VP, Digital Media Kevin Dunn VP, Finance & Administration John Bienias Credit Manager Dave Gschlecht Office Manager Jessica Congdon Staff Accountant Anne McPhillips Corporate Circulation Director You’re Looking At The Fast Track Bea Jaeger Director, Circulation Marketing Colleen Puent To More American Jobs. Circulation Fulfillment Manager Rebecca Bogema Recently Oklahoma soybean farmer and racing enthusiast Brent Hajek Fulfillment Coordinator sped to an amazing 182-mph in a Ford Super Duty® pick-up truck Carrie Schulze Circulation Coordinator powered by B20 biodiesel. And biodiesel is performing in even more Carin Russell Circulation Assistant important ways. A recent economic study found that production of 1.1 Dan Henry billion gallons of biodiesel supports 39,027 jobs across the country and Web Developer Jay Nelson more than $2.1 billion in household income. Proof that biodiesel is going Web Developer/ Database Manager a long way to fuel our economy. David Waters Videographer/Assistant Technical Producer Kyong Ham E-Marketing Specialist Biodiesel is Here, Now. Bryan Roberts Digital Imaging Technician Robb Mitchell Digital Prepress Group Steve Mathewson, Bill Sympson Network Administrator Steve Swanson Asst. Network Administrator Shawn Little Creative Marketing Group Sponsored by the Minnesota Soybean Katie Shaw, Janice Hamilton, Adam Marks Research & Promotion Council Advertising Production Mgr. Tim Dallum www.biodiesel.mn Advertising Artists Dustin Miller, Lauri Loveridge, Paul Marihart, Corey Callahan FEBRUARY 2013 tcbmag.com TWIN CITIES BUSINESS 7 index Names of companies and people in this issue are indexed to the first page of the articles in which they’re mentioned.