Sanderson explained that she received a dresser from her mother-in-law and thought it had the potential for a perfect entryway bench—if she could just repurpose it. She managed to create such an impressive final product that friends soon started asking her to repurpose their furniture too.
When Amy Stearns and Kari Mulvihill began chatting over their lunch hour at Carlson Craft, they never thought it would lead to them opening their own business together.
Kristi Schuck and Marie Farley Christensen became friends under rather difficult circumstances: the two women were attending a support group for people who lost their spouses to cancer.
Jeff Eckerdt has been riding motorcycles since he was a kid, so it makes sense that he recently opened his own motorcycle parts and service business.
For years, 21-year-old Chelsie Salonek has dreamed of opening her own boutique. She even had a dream location picked out along Minnesota Ave in St. Peter, which she often passed during shopping trips to the Twin Cities.
Jumping from a two-decade career at 3M to running a restaurant may seem unusual to most people, but Mike Bode said that was always his dream.
Jillian Cousins grew up around animals, so it’s no surprise she has managed to take those experiences and create a successful business. Cousins was raised on her grandparents’ Arabian horse farm and grew up helping prepare the horses for the show ring.
Nathan Stolt has strayed a bit far from the plans he made as an undergrad. The New Ulm native started out studying illustration at MSU-Mankato, but all that changed when he purchased his first computer in 1994.
When Tommy Inkrott became director of strength and conditioning at Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2009, he began to hear the same question over and over from his student athletes: “What’s the best protein supplement to use?”
