Rochester Rising
202 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsRochester Rising takes a deep dive into the entrepreneurial community of Rochester, Minnesota and the surrounding geographic region, sharing stories of risk taking and innovation. Although these stories are specific to Minnesotan entrepreneurs, their struggles, successes, and lessons learned are applicable to anyone building a business. Join us and learn more about this city’s emerging innovation culture.
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Episode 152: Launch Minnesota, a New Initiative to Fuel our Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
November 13, 2019 11:00 - 22 minutes - 41.7 MBThis week on show we talk about Launch Minnesota, a brand-new, state-wide initiative to support scalable businesses and entrepreneurial ecosystem building in the state of Minnesota. Launch MN is an initiative powered by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development with the scope of focus set by the Minnesota state legislature. Launch MN has an annual operating budget of $2.5M to make Minnesota a top state to grow and launch a startup. On the podcast today we talk about: • ...
Episode 151: Talking Medical Startups with Keith and Kevin Kallmes
November 06, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBThis week on the podcast we chat with Rochester brothers Keith and Kevin Kallmes. These young entrepreneurs have a total of three family run businesses, all in the medical or scientific space, including Superior Medical Experts, Marblehead Medical, and their latest endeavor Nested Knowledge. On the show today we talk about the brothers’ journey as entrepreneurs and how they have worked for themselves from the very start of their careers. On the podcast today we talk about: • The brothers’ b...
Episode 150: Business Legends LIVE with Garwin McNeilus
October 30, 2019 10:00 - 46 minutes - 84.4 MBThis week on the podcast we listen in to a “Business Legends LIVE” recording hosted by Sterling State Bank and the Collider Foundation from Entrepreneurship Week 2019! This series was launched with local entrepreneur and business legend Garwin McNeilus, founder of McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing. Garwin started this business in Dodge Center, Minnesota in 1970 and eventually became the largest manufacturer of concrete mixers and refuse packers in the world. On the podcast today we talk about: ...
Episode 149: Kara Kloss with Kara Kloss Hair
October 23, 2019 10:00 - 28 minutes - 52.5 MBThis week on the podcast we’re joined by local entrepreneur Kara Kloss of Kara Kloss Hair. Kara operates a wedding hair and makeup business and runs her own beauty salon out of Sola Salons in northwest Rochester. Sola Salons is a national hair salon business with over four hundred locations nation-wide. Each Sola Salon location is made up of independent beauty and massage business owners that rent space from the facility to form a community of beauty professionals. On the podcast today we ta...
Episode 148: What You Need to Know- Rochester's Entrepreneurship Week
October 16, 2019 10:00 - 16 minutes - 31.1 MBThis week on the podcast we talk about all the engaging events going on next Tuesday through Friday (October 22nd-25th) during Entrepreneurship Week. The challenge to all listeners: attend at least one event to learn more about and connect with our entrepreneurial ecosystem. Entrepreneurship Week is a grassroots celebration and acknowledgment of entrepreneurship with events taking place all over the city. Programming this week is open to anyone in the community. Links from the podcast today...
Episode 147: From the Edge with Tiffany and Traci
October 09, 2019 10:00 - 70.7 MBThis week on the podcast we listen in to our latest in the “From the Edge” podcast series talking trends in entrepreneurship. This week we’re joined by Tiffany Piotrowicz, Owner of TerraLoco, and Traci Downs, Co-Owner of Café Steam and Executive Director of the Collider Foundation. On the podcast today we talk about: • Collaborations and other emerging opportunities for local businesses, including TerraLoco’s $5 5Ks. • The value of getting out of your normal working environment to foster som...
Episode 146: Kayla Fjelsted with Swoon Lash + Beauty Lounge
October 02, 2019 10:00 - 24 minutes - 45.7 MBOn the podcast today with chat with Kayla Fjelsted, Owner and Founder of Swoon Lash + Beauty Lounge. This Rochester native opened up shop on Broadway Avenue this June with Swoon, a beauty salon specializing in eyelash extensions, eyebrow tinting, and eyebrow waxing. She also has a second business location in Edina. One the podcast today we talk about: • How Kayla started the business out of her basement. • Marketing tools that have been useful to spread word about Swoon locally. • Opening of...
Episode 145: Cindy Clayton and Healthy Start
September 25, 2019 10:00 - 26 minutes - 48 MBThis week on the podcast we record on the road with Cindy Clayton, Owner and Health Coach at Healthy Start in Byron, MN. Healthy Start offers meal-replacement shakes, aloe, tea, and energy drinks. The business opened its doors on January 17th in Byron Town Square. On the podcast today we talk about: • The market opportunity Cindy saw for a health business in Byron. • Cindy’s passion to help people meet their health and fitness goals. • Cindy’s own weight loss journey to shed seventy-seven p...
Episode 144: Sheryl and Vincenzo with Love in a Tuscan Kitchen
September 11, 2019 21:00 - 49 minutes - 90.4 MBThis week on the podcast we get to chat with local innovators Sheryl Ness and Vincenzo Giangiordano. Sheryl, a native of the Kasson area, grew up a local farm girl and amassed over thirty years of experience as a nurse at Mayo Clinic. Vincenzo, a native of a town called Abruzzo in rural Italy, is a trained chef and worked all over Italy learning traditional Italian cooking before settling in Tuscany. Vincenzo lived in this region of Italy for fifteen years running a restaurant with two other ...
Episode 143: From the Edge with Matt and Jamie
September 04, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes - 84 MBThis week on the podcast we share the latest in our “From the Edge” series talking trends in entrepreneurship. This month we’re joined by local corporate and patent attorney Matt Smyth and Jamie Sundsbak, Community Manager of Collider Coworking. On the show today we chat about: • The sharing economy and the sustainability of these platforms. • Trends toward slower and more steady business growth. • Changing office environments. • The reality of working with remote teams and how to effectivel...
Episode 142: Shari Mukherjee with Spiced up Mom and MasterChef
August 28, 2019 13:52 - 33 minutes - 60.7 MBThis week on the podcast we chat with local food innovator Shari Mukherjee. Shari runs the food blog Spiced up Mom and is currently in the top seven of Season Ten in FOX’s MasterChef. On the show today we talk about: • How marrying her husband ten years ago sparked Shari’s passion to learn traditional Indian cooking. • Her experience with food blogging and journey to learn cooking. • Some of Shari’s worst cooking disasters. • The value of learning from mistakes. • The use of Shari’s food blo...
Episode 141: Adam & Bryan of Almond Eye Productions
August 14, 2019 10:00 - 43 minutes - 79.8 MBThis week on the podcast we chat with Adam Helwig and Bryan Lemke, owners of Almond Eye Productions. Almond Eye Productions is a local full video production company, performing field production, post production, and marketing services for a variety of industries. The business was launched in 2017. Both western Pennsylvania natives, Adam and Bryan met while working for the Outdoor Channel and have won multiple awards, including the Outdoor Channel’s Golden Moose Award, for their work. On the ...
Episode 140: Linda and Amy Lorber of Figue
August 07, 2019 10:00 - 23 minutes - 42.2 MBThis week on the podcast we welcome the mother and daughter team of Linda and Amy Lorber! This pair owns and runs Gardenaire, a business that uses organic products to produce and sell teas, spices, syrups, shrubs, drinking chocolates, and marshmallows. The Lorbers are now expanding into a retail space to celebrate food with their latest endeavor, Figue. On the podcast today we chat about: • Amy’s first foray into entrepreneurship with a jam company. • Childhood memories of food. • Organic ...
Episode 139: From the Edge with Cassandra and Marty
July 31, 2019 10:00 - 52 minutes - 95.2 MBToday on the podcast we share our latest in the “From the Edge” podcast series talking trends in entrepreneurship with local entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ecosystem builders. Today on the show we’re joined by Marty Walsh, community and economic development specialist with CEDA, Cassandra Buck, local artist and owner of the store Clover & Rose, and as always Jamie Sundsbak, Community Manager of Collider Coworking. We have an engaging, thought-provoking chat today covering many topics incl...
Episode 138: Dustin Walker and Revision2
July 24, 2019 21:45 - 28 minutes - 51.5 MBToday on the podcast we chat with local innovator Dustin Walker, Founder of Revision2. This solo entrepreneur has created a working prototype of a tubular, aerodynamic solar panel that can be mounted directly onto utility poles. The prototype is sixteen feet long and contains 148 solar cells. On the podcast today we chat about: • Residential, commercial, and utility scale solar panel use in Minnesota. • The focus of Revision2 on clean energy, clean living, and emerging industry opportunitie...
Episode 137: Brad Vigesaa and NerdinOut
July 17, 2019 10:00 - 25 minutes - 47 MBThis week on the podcast we record on the road during a visit to NerdinOut on 2nd Street SW! Today on the show we sit down with NerdinOut founder Brad Vigesaa to chat more about this two-year-old business, which just had a grand opening celebration at their new location this June, and how he and his team are meeting customer needs to grow. NerdinOut is a retail store- and more- that buys, trades, and sells comic books, toys, collectables, and video games. On the podcast today we chat abo...
Episode 136: From the Edge with Beth and Kathleen
July 10, 2019 10:00 - 46 minutes - 85.3 MBToday on the podcast we share our latest in the “From the Edge” series discussing trends in entrepreneurship. For this chat we’re joined by local entrepreneur Beth Fynbo, Founder of Busy Baby Mat, Kathleen Harrington, President of the Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce, and as always Jamie Sundsbak, Community Manager of Collider Coworking. On today’s show we chat about many different trends we’re seeing on a local and national scale including: • Collaboration between entrepreneurs, even thos...
Episode 135: Jim and Crystal Whitmarsh of Trail Creek Coffee Roasters
June 26, 2019 16:18 - 21 minutes - 38.5 MBThis week on the podcast we sit down with husband and wife team of Crystal and Jim Whitmarsh, owners of Trail Creek Coffee Roasters. Trail Creek Coffee Roasters is a small business that started out of a garage and has recently transitioned into a shared commercial space in downtown Kasson. The business aims to provide small batch specialty coffee roasts and has a passion for connection, community, and global impact. On the podcast today, we chat about: • The value Jim and Crystal found in wo...
Episode 134: 1 Million Cups Rochester with Live.Give.Save. and Jeb Taylor Knives
June 12, 2019 10:00 - 24 minutes - 45.3 MBThis week on the podcast we listen in to some storytelling from the June 1 Million Cups Rochester. 1 Million Cups is an event that occurs every Wednesday across the nation to caffeinate entrepreneurs. 1 Million Cups Rochester takes place the first Wednesday of every month at 9AM in the Bleu Duck Kitchen event space. This month we heard from two great entrepreneurs: Susan Langer, CEO of Live.Give.Save and Jeb Taylor, Founder of Jeb Taylor Knives. This was an amazing display of the very diverse...
Episode 133: Heart of the City with Patrick Seeb
June 05, 2019 10:00 - 29 minutes - 54.7 MBToday on the podcast we sit down with Patrick Seeb, Director of Economic Development and Placemaking with the Destination Medical Center EDA to chat about Heart of the City. Heart of the City is one of the six DMC subdistricts, each encompassing a different geographic location in downtown Rochester. On the podcast today we chat about the mission and goals with Heart of the City and several projects currently taking place within that subdistrict including the Chateau Theatre and renovations to...
Episode 132: From the Edge with AJ, Jan, and Shanna
May 29, 2019 15:00 - 47 minutes - 86.3 MBToday on the podcast we share our latest in the “From the Edge” podcast series where we sit down with different innovators in the community and talk about trends in entrepreneurship. This month we chat with Jan Hagenbrock, Founder of LiveAtom a business that helps small businesses grow through website development and lead generation, Shanna Lunasin, a nonprofit entrepreneur who also manages the MBA program at the University of Minnesota in Rochester, and AJ Montpetit, Founder of WRKSHOP, a he...
Episode 131: Scott Snyder, CEO of Geneticure
May 22, 2019 14:59 - 35 minutes - 64.6 MBThis week on the podcast we sit down with Rochester native Scott Snyder, CEO of Geneticure. Geneticure is a precision medicine startup that works to reduce the trial and error associated with treatment of hypertension patients. The business was founded by brothers Eric and Scott Snyder four years ago. On the podcast today we talk about the growth of Geneticure from the cofounding team of four to their current twelve-member organization. We also talk about Scott’s leap from executive positions...
Episode 130: Leah, Eileen, and Tyler with Canvas and Chardonnay
May 15, 2019 14:24 - 27 minutes - 50 MBToday on the show we sit down with the owners of Canvas and Chardonnay Leah Joy Bee, Eileen Bruns, and Tyler Aug. Canvas and Chardonnay, located in the heart of historic downtown Rochester, is an “art and community space where people of all ages, however you identify, are welcome.” The space offers numerous art classes, live music, yoga, a book and crystal emporium, and much more. On the podcast today we talk more about Canvas and Chardonnay, discuss how the business has grown since this trio...
Episode 129: Sam, AJ, and Ahmed with SkyWorks
May 08, 2019 15:43 - 27 minutes - 50.4 MBToday on the podcast we sit down with SkyWorks team members Sam Barsness, AJ Hawkins, and Ahmed Makkawy to learn more about this emerging Rochester business. SkyWorks is a software company creating a tool to help commercial real estate brokers transact deals more efficiently and to create better agreements for their clients using automation and AI features. On the podcast today the team shares the startup story of SkyWorks, the power of putting together a strong team to bring forward an idea,...
Episode 128: From the Edge with Solomon Antoine and Zach WareJoncas
May 01, 2019 10:00 - 46 minutes - 84.2 MBToday on the podcast we listen in to the latest in our “From the Edge” series. On “From the Edge” we invite two guests involved in Rochester’s entrepreneurial ecosystem on the show to talk about trends we’re seeing in entrepreneurship. This month we’re joined by two early stage entrepreneurs: Solomon Antoine and Zach WareJoncas. Solomon is CEO and Developer at FAVR Inc., a peer to peer platform that allows customers to request tasks at their own price. Zach is a Cofounder at LEAH Labs, a Roch...
Episode 127: WE Forum: Women in Leadership: Building on Your Strengths
April 24, 2019 10:00 - 29 minutes - 53.2 MBThis week we break down a recent women’s entrepreneurial event in the community organized by Christine Beech of the Kabara Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and Heather Holmes of Rochester Economic Development Inc. (RAEDI). This panel event was focused on “Women in Leadership- Building on your Strengths.” The panel featured five amazingly powerful women in the community including: Melissa Brinkman, CEO of Custom Alarm/Custom Communications; Lisa Clarke, Executive Director of the DMC Econo...
Episode 126: 1 Million Cups Rochester with CEDA and Collider Foundation
April 17, 2019 10:00 - 37 minutes - 68.2 MBThis week on the podcast we link up with audio from the latest 1 Million Cups Rochester. 1 Million Cups is an educational event for entrepreneurs that takes place in 180 different communities across the nation. At every event, two different entrepreneurs tell their story and ask the community for specific help on an issue their business is facing. At the April 1 Million Cups Rochester we heard from entrepreneurial support organizations Community and Economic Development Associates (CEDA) and ...
Episode 125: Laura Elwood and Chamberlain Concierge & Lifestyle Management
April 10, 2019 13:41 - 12 minutes - 22.1 MBThis week on the podcast we chat with local entrepreneur and Rochester native Laura Elwood, founder of Chamberlain Concierge Lifestyle & Management. Chamberlain was launched three years ago mainly as a limousine service. Since that time, the business has expanded its offerings to include a concierge menu based on client needs. On the podcast today we talk about the growth and development of Chamberlain over the last few years, lessons Laura applied to the business from her experience in hospi...
Episode 124: Strong Women Creating Value
April 03, 2019 10:00 - 29 minutes - 54.4 MBThis week on the podcast we wrap up our “Strong Women Creating Value” Series for Women’s History Month, sharing the stories of four strong female leaders in the community. Each of these women was nominated for the series from their peers based on their valuable contributions to the community. Join us today as we hear the stories of Christine Beech, Executive Director of the Kabara Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies; Danielle Teal, Founder of Caring Acts of Kindness Everywhere; Amanda Steel...
Episode 123: A Chat with Local Art Innovator Sophia Chai
March 27, 2019 10:00 - 28 minutes - 51.8 MBToday on the podcast we sit down with new Rochester resident and art innovator Sophia Chai. Sophia moved to Rochester about one year ago with her husband and daughter from New York City. She originally became interested in black and white photography during high school as a way to express herself as a Korean immigrant. On the podcast today we talk about Sophia’s work in painting and photography, her transition with her family to Rochester, and how she’s found a “hub of creative energy” at Thr...
Episode 122: From the Edge with Janessa Nickell and Tiffany Alexandria
March 20, 2019 14:58 - 42 minutes - 77.3 MBToday we listen in to our latest in the “From the Edge” podcast series where we discuss current trends taking place in the entrepreneurial community. This week on the show we welcome Janessa Nickell and Tiffany Alexandria. Janessa is a business strategy consultant turned entrepreneur with the launch of her new self-care business Sacred Circle Community. Tiffany is a former window display designer turned content creator and food blogger. Tiffany currently runs the Taiwanese food blog CHOOCHOO-...
Episode 121: 1 Million Cups Rochester with Guardian Athletics and The Bee Shed
March 13, 2019 10:00 - 18 minutes - 33.8 MBToday on the show we listen in to the storytelling portion of the latest 1 Million Cups Rochester. 1 Million Cups is an educational event that takes place in 180 different communities across the country. At each 1 Million Cups, two different entrepreneurs share their story and ask the community for help on a specific aspect of business development. At the March 1 Million Cups Rochester we heard from Jeff Chambers, Founder and CEO of Guardian Athletics, and Chris Schad, Cofounder of The Bee Sh...
Episode 120: Kristin Pearson and Pearson Organics
March 06, 2019 13:58 - 27 minutes - 49.8 MBThis week on the podcast we chat with local female entrepreneur Kristin Pearson of Pearson Organics. Pearson Organics is a small organic vegetable farm growing four acres of diverse vegetables for the Rochester area. The business mainly sells its produce through a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. On the show today we talk with Kristin about Pearson Organics, how she originally got into farming, and how she’s been building her business over the last two years. Links from the sho...
Episode 119: From the Edge with Courtney Bergey Swanson and Nathan Wiedenman
February 27, 2019 17:46 - 48 minutes - 88.2 MBThis week we launch our second “From the Edge” show in this new podcast series! On the show today we sit down with Nathan Wiedenman and Courtney Bergey Swanson. Nathan spent time in the entrepreneurial community in Boston before moving to Rochester about one year ago and brings valuable insight to our community. Courtney is the Director of Community Engagement with Community and Economic Development Associates (CEDA) and facilitates business development in rural communities in southern Minnes...
Episode 118: 1 Million Cups Rochester with GoAdvntr
February 20, 2019 15:53 - 16 minutes - 30.2 MBThis week on the show we check in with the latest 1 Million Cups Rochester. 1 Million Cups is an educational event for entrepreneurs that takes place in 183 communities across the United States. At each event, two different entrepreneurs tell their story and ask for help from the community on a specific issue facing their business. At the latest 1 Million Cups Rochester we heard from Brian Kugel, CEO and Founder of Go Advntr. GoAdvntr is a Winona-based business that provides booking of guided...
Episode 117: Products & Services, Who Are You Designing Them For? (Part 2) with Ahmed Makkawy
February 13, 2019 11:00 - 13 minutes - 25.5 MBToday on the show we listen in to part 2 of a talk from local user experience design expert Ahmed Makkawy: “Products & Services: Who Are You Designing Them For?” This talk is part of the Business Experts Series organized by Winona State University and Collider Coworking. On the podcast today, Ahmed wraps up this discussion talking about the importance of the whole environment in user-centered design. Lastly, he takes a brief glimpse at the designing and framing process, where you listen to ...
Episode 116: Products & Services, Who Are You Designing Them For? (Part 1) with Ahmed Makkawy
February 06, 2019 11:00 - 35 minutes - 65 MBToday on the show we check in with local user experience design expert Ahmed Makkawy for the first part of his talk: Products & Services: Who Are You Designing Them For? This talk is part of the Business Experts Series organized by Winona State University and Collider Coworking. On the podcast today, Ahmed talks about his diverse user design experience, starting with his first job in Rochester as a software engineer for IBM. Since that time, Ahmed has worked with a variety of different lo...
Episode 115: Talking Business Development with the Realty Edge Team
January 30, 2019 15:39 - 19 minutes - 35.2 MBToday on the podcast we chat with Dan Kingsley and Kyle Swanson, co-owners of the Realty Edge team, a residential real estate business in Rochester, Minnesota. This interview is part of our #Emerge video series. Check out the abridged version of this show, video-style, on our website! Today on the podcast we talk about Dan and Kyle’s excitement in regard to the growing brewery scene in Rochester. We also chat about their approach to brand development and brand message with Realty Edge, the va...
Episode 114: From the Edge with Chris Peterson
January 23, 2019 14:08 - 41 minutes - 75.5 MBToday we launch a brand-new series on the Rochester Rising podcast: From the Edge. For this series we brought on a co-host, Jamie Sundsbak, Community Manager of Collider Coworking. We also welcomed Chris Peterson, CEO of PayGo, a Rochester company creating retail software, to the podcast as our first guest for this series. On the show today, we asked all the guests to bring one trend taking place in the Rochester community to the podcasting table to enable a low key, sometimes humorous, chat ...
Episode 113: 1 Million Cups Rochester with Lake City Boat Club & Rentals and Busy Bee Meal Prep
January 16, 2019 22:30 - 33 minutes - 61 MBThis week on the podcast we catch up with the latest 1 Million Cups Rochester. 1 Million Cups is an educational event for entrepreneurs that takes place the first Wednesday of every month in Rochester and in 184 different communities across the United States. This month we heard the stories of Lake City Boat Club & Rentals and Busy Bee Meal Prep. Lake City Boat Club & Rentals rents boats- currently two pontoons and one speed boat- out of the Lake City Marina. Boats can be rented for a half ...
Episode 112: Ritz Crafters with Danni, Michaelene, and Shelly
January 09, 2019 16:45 - 34 minutes - 64 MBToday on the podcast we sit down with three entrepreneurs and talk about handmade goods! This week we chat with Dani Trester, organizer of Ritz Crafters, and local makers Michaelene Karlen of Ballerina Botanicals Organic Skincare and Shelly Daood of Bound to be Creative. Michaelene is a professional dancer and Miss Minnesota 2018. She founded Ballerina Botanicals a few years ago with her mom after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder. Shelly always felt the need to be creative, leading...
Episode 111: Top Podcasts of 2018
January 02, 2019 11:00 - 53 minutes - 98.1 MBToday on the show we take a look back at some of the top podcasts of 2018! • First off, we listen in to Episode 66 from January with Garret Sorensen of Mandala Tea. Mandala Tea is a thirteen-year-old business that imports and sells Chinese and Taiwanese teas. On the show today, we listen to a portion of Episode 66 where Garret talks about the foundation of Mandala Tea, the keys to running a business for thirteen years, and how different perspectives can revitalize a company. o Website: https...
110: 1 Million Cups Rochester with Trail Creek Coffee Roasters and MedEd Web Solutions
December 12, 2018 14:32 - 41 minutes - 75.5 MBThis week on the podcast we listen in to the audio from the most recent 1 Million Cups Rochester. 1 Million Cups is an educational event for entrepreneurs that takes place in over 180 different communities across the US. At this latest event we heard from local small businesses Trail Creek Coffee Roasters and MedEd Web Solutions. · Trail Creek Coffee Roasters is a Kasson, Minn. based business with the mission to provide high quality, small batch roasted coffee. Owner Crystal Whitmars...
Episode 109: How to Maintain Customer Relationships and when to Cut Ties
December 05, 2018 20:07 - 34 minutes - 62.4 MBToday on the podcast we sit down with local entrepreneur, licensed realtor, and real estate investor Zoey Jantsan to discuss customer relationships and how to recognize when it’s time to cut ties. On the show today, we talk about: o How Zoey manages her customer relationships, especially with the long-term clients she sees in real estate. o How she turns leads into clients. o Zoey’s methods to keep in touch with clients including texting, emailing, and calling, which she finds a natural fit....
Episode 108: GEW and the Founding Story of Sonex Health
November 28, 2018 11:00 - 19 minutes - 35.7 MBThis week on the podcast we take one final peek back at this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week and recap one of the best kept tales of Rochester, the founding story of Sonex Health. Sonex Health was launched in 2014 by local physicians Darryl Barnes and Jay Smith alongside business operations expert Aaron Keenan. The company was founded to improve patient outcomes, enhance the patient experience, and increase practice efficiencies, especially in the field of ultrasound guided surgery. Sonex...
Episode 107: 1 Million Cups Rochester with Beth Fynbo and Busy Baby LLC
November 14, 2018 11:00 - 18 minutes - 34.2 MBThis week on the podcast we listen in to the audio from the most recent 1 Million Cups Rochester featuring local mom, veteran, and founder Beth Fynbo of Busy Baby LLC. Inspired by her father’s welding business, Fynbo always wanted to start a business, but just needed to find her passion. After graduating from high school, she spent ten years in the US Army “living an exciting life with a lot of twists and turns.” “But the biggest twist of all came last year when at age forty I had my son and...
Episode 106: Offices at China Hall
November 07, 2018 11:00 - 18 minutes - 34.7 MBThis week on the podcast we travel to Offices at China Hall for a chat with the owners of that business, Bucky Beeman and Peter Andrews. The Offices at China Hall is Rochester’s newest coworking space, located in the heart of downtown Rochester right across the street from the Minnesota BioBusiness Center. This coworking space is situated on the second floor of a building, which originally was a china store as well as office space at another point in its lifetime. The location has likely be...
Episode 105: Jamie Sundsbak and Collider Coworking
October 31, 2018 14:55 - 36 minutes - 66.6 MBToday on the show we sit down with Jamie Sundsbak, Community Manager of Collider Coworking. Collider Coworking is an open coworking space in downtown Rochester, launched on August 15, 2016. Collider was originally envisioned as a space for entrepreneurs to work and connect. But since its opening, the coworking space has become home to many freelancers and remote workers, shifting Collider’s mission to helping these people connect with the Rochester community at large to keep this talent in th...
Episode 104: Ryan Nolander and RAEDI
October 24, 2018 10:00 - 22 minutes - 40.9 MBThis week on the podcast with sit down and chat with Ryan Nolander, President of Rochester Area Economic Development Inc, or RAEDI. RAEDI is a private/public partnership for economic development that serves Rochester and the surrounding four county area including Olmsted, Dodge, Fillmore, and Wabasha Counties. Ryan began his career with RAEDI this June after spending close to thirteen years with the Albert Lea Economic Development Agency. On the podcast today, we talk about: • How RAEDI assi...
Episode 103: Janessa Nickell and Sacred Circle
October 17, 2018 10:00 - 21 minutes - 39.9 MBToday on the podcast we sit down with local entrepreneur Janessa Nickell and learn about her brand-new business Sacred Circle. Sacred Circle is a space for people to learn, connect, grow, and understand more about themselves through introspection and reflection. Today on the podcast we talk about: • The energy that Janessa sees in Rochester’s entrepreneurial community right now. • The need for authenticity and being able to form deeper connections with ourselves and with others. • The initia...