Based: Hastings
First franchise: Cambridge, Minn., in 2002
Number of centers in U.S. and Canada: 800
Overseas expansion plans: Australia, Western Europe
2007 revenue: $13 million, almost double that of 2006
2008 projected: $21 million
Based: Chanhassen
First franchise: Alexandria, Minn., in 2004
Number of centers: 750
Overseas expansion: Details vague, but Europe, Asia and Mexico on the radar
2007 revenue: $18 million
2008 projected: $28 million
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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