Enterprising Minnesotans : 150 years of business pioneers

Enterprising Minnesotans : 150 years of business pioneers /

In Enterprising Minnesotans we read stories of the men and women throughout Minnesotas history who have created exceptional businesses from 1849 to the present, including Cargill, the Mayo Clinic, Andersen Windows, Ecolab, Schwans, and Leeann Chin, Inc. Through fascinating stories, Enterprising Minn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: George, Stephen, 1948-
Corporate Author: Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (Carlson School of Management)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Businesspeople > United States > Biography.
Businesspeople > Minnesota > Biography.
Industries > United States > History.
Industries > Minnesota > History.
Entrepreneurship > United States > History.
Entrepreneurship > Minnesota > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Businesspeople
Entrepreneurship
Industries
Minnesota > Biography.
Minnesota > Biographies.
Minnesota
United States
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Marilyn Carlson Nelson
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • [pt. 1]. Pioneering spirit (1849-1865)
  • James Madison Goodhue, Minnesota pioneer
  • Jane Grey Swisshelm, St. Cloud Democrat
  • John Quincy Adam, Appeal
  • Alexander Wilkin, St. Paul Mutual Insurance Company
  • Alexander Hartman, Duluth Electric Company
  • [pt. 2]. Betting on the future (1865-1890)
  • Frederick Weyerhaeuser, Weyerhaeuser Company
  • Cadwallader Washburn, Washburn-Crosby Company
  • Charles Pillsbury, C.A. Pillsbury and Company
  • Frank Peavey, Peavey Elevator Company
  • Will Cargill and John MacMillan, W.W. Cargill Company
  • William Worrall Mayo, William Mayo, and Charles Mayo, Mayo Clinic
  • Harvey Fuller, H.B. Fuller Company
  • James J. Hill, Great Northern Railway
  • Leonidas Merritt, Mountain Iron Company
  • Richard Hankinson, Northwestern Telephone
  • [pt. 3]. Seizing opportunity (1890-1915)
  • Theodore Hamm, Theodore Hamm Brewing Company
  • Hans Andersen, Andersen Windows
  • Sister Antonia McHugh, College of St. Catherine
  • William McKnight, 3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company)
  • Charles Beckman, Red Wing Shoe Company
  • Henry Marison Byllesby, Northern States Power
  • George Draper Dayton, Dayton's Department Store
  • [pt. 4]. Surviving and thriving (1915-1940)
  • Merritt Osborn, Economics Laboratory
  • John Brandt, Land O'Lakes
  • Jacob Aall Otteson Preus and Herman Ekern, Lutheran Brotherhood
  • Carl Wickman, Greyhound Bus Company
  • Colonel Lewis Brittin, Northwest Airways, Inc.
  • Curt Carlson, Carlson Companies, Inc.
  • [pt. 5]. Building on talent (1940-1965)
  • Sister Elizabeth Kenny, Sister Kenny Institute
  • William Norris, Control Data Corporation
  • Earl Bakken, Medtronic
  • Jeno Paulucci, Chun King
  • Rose Totino, Totino's
  • Marvin Schwan, Schwan's
  • g [pt. 6]. Growing the business (1965-2000)
  • Joel Ronning, Digital River, Inc.
  • Richard Schulze, Best Buy Company, Inc.
  • Leeann Chin, Leeann Chin, Inc.
  • Jimmy Jam Harris and Terry Lewis, Flyte Tyme Records
  • Glen Taylor, Taylor Corporation
  • [pt. 7]. Conclusion : In a Pig's Eye
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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