Business: Husband-and-wife team owns and operates three neighborhood restaurants: El Meson, Cafe Ena and the newly opened Indio
Founded: 2003
Headquarters: South Minneapolis
Web: www.cafeena.com, www.elmesonbistro.com, www.restaurantindio.com
Employees: 50
Executives: Hector Ruiz and Erin Ungerman, founders and owners
2007 revenue: Close to $2 million
Strategy: Grow business at existing restaurants, improve capitalization, expand catering
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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