Founded: 2004
Headquarters: Edina
Website: www.agewellhomecare.com
Executive: Founder and CEO Joel Theisen
Employees: 35 full-time and 300 part-time in-home care aides
2007 revenue: $5.3 million, expected to grow to $7 million by the end of 2008
Quote: "We were seeing clients transitioning out of their homes, leaving their lifelong interests behind. It's a traumatic experience." -- Theisen, explaining why he offers a service that helps clients find housing options that fit both needs and interests.
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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