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Enterprise Minnesota Magazine - Winter 2006

Helping Manufacturing Enterprises Grow Profitably

Features

Open Season: The open source software movement is gaining steam, offering users flexibility, cost savings, and powerful applications. Is it time to get in on the action?

Up All Night: Six factors that contribute to CEO insomnia, along with some insight on how to deal with them.

Higher Learning: After fading in the Internet bust, e-learning is back with a slew of sophisticated and potentially useful features. Is it finally living up to its promise?

Larger Than Life: The lifecycle approach to new product design goes by a variety of names. Whatever you call it, however, the practice can spur innovation, find new efficiencies, and make a positive impact on the environment.

Super Structures: What sort of legal structure should you select for your business? It pays to do your homework.

In Every Issue

Editorial: MTI President and CEO Wayne Pletcher on why we need to listen to the concerns of small- and medium-sized businesses.

Up Front

Peanut Profits: StarchTech Inc. greens up the packaging industry with a new line of eco-friendly “peanuts.”

On the Right Track: New technology from a South Saint Paul firm aids in the detection of avian flu.

Fresh Coat: St. Paul-based Rayven repositions itself with a versatile new coating line.

Corn on the Job: NatureWorks’ corn-based plastic offers a renewable alternative to petroleum-based products.

Partners in Prosperity: Bob Krowech says he has identified the missing link between people,productivity and profits.

4 Questions: Retired Control Data CEO Robert Price on building—and sustaining—a culture of innovation.

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