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Dick Youngblood

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Dick Youngblood, a former business editor, writes about small businesses on Wednesdays.

Recent content from Dick Youngblood

• MetroConnections
  Founded: 1984
  May 14, 2008
• National disaster led firm to change its business model
  The terrorist attacks of 2001 pushed MetroConnections Inc., a Minneapolis conference services provider, into diversification.
  May 14, 2008
• The Bibelot Shops Inc.
  Business: Operates four retail shops that stock an eclectic array of gifts, jewelry and apparel, most of them items that you won't find elsewhere.
  May 7, 2008
• Bibelot’s little things add up to a lot
  The unusual offerings at the four Bibelot Shops attract customers, and the graciousness of the owner attracts admirers.
  May 7, 2008
• Lines broadened to survive triple trauma
  Fridley-based Kurt Manufacturing faced outsourcing, recession and 9/11 disruptions to come through stronger, though smaller.
  May 1, 2008
• Paying consumers to look at ads clicks for online marketing firm
  A young entrepreneur brings in millions and describes fun as a "core value'' at Mendota Heights-based CotterWeb Enterprises.
  Apr 24, 2008
• Sensor Electronics can sniff out profits
  Sensing success: A father-and-son team have found a profitable niche in developing electronic sensors to guard against a variety of hazards.
  Apr 16, 2008
• Sensor Electronics
  Business: Designs and manufactures gas-sniffing sensors to detect more than 100 toxic and explosive gases used in a variety of manufacturing processes.
  Apr 16, 2008
• Promotional postcards prove profitable, popular
  A three-partner firm found a successful niche in offering ad and mailing expertise to small businesses.
  Apr 9, 2008
• Hammer Direct, doing business as PostcardBuilder and Printz
  Business: PostcardBuilder provides small to mid-sized companies with a website where they can design their own promotional postcards, then have PostcardBuilder print and mail them at an affordable cost. Printz offers Web-based design and printing of a broader array of materials, including business cards and brochures.
  Apr 9, 2008

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