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Part-time work isn’t just for minimum wage. Here’s how to be a fractional exec.
These long-term-but-part-time leaders, often corporate veterans who left the grind because of layoff or burnout, can help small to midsize companies with marketing, finance and more.
October 20, 2025
In ‘chaotic and ugly’ world, Minnesota wedding photographer ‘finds something beautiful’
Becca Dilley shares what it’s like to photograph one of life’s most important events, including its emotional and physical demands.
August 25, 2025
Ditch a normal 9-to-5 by embracing the freelance life
As attractive as working for yourself might sound, it comes with tax, legal and liability implications as well as social changes.
August 11, 2025
For Angie Blaker, head of player operations and team baker, the Loons have become family
Blaker plans every trip for the Minnesota United, but also weddings for the players. She also has solved immigration snags.
August 4, 2025
From Fort Myers to Minneapolis, Twins travel guy gets team to the ballpark on time
Senior Director of Team Travel Mike Herman has worked with the Minnesota Twins for 25 years and is the one booking all the flights, hotels, buses and more for the MLB team’s players, staff and their families.
May 25, 2025
Meet the ‘passionate person’ it takes to care for Como Zoo’s lemurs, sloths and orangutans
Keeper Mike Marazzi cares for around two dozen primates at the St. Paul zoo, where he’s worked for about four years.
May 11, 2025
A business partnership is like a marriage. Here’s how to make a successful one.
Launching a company doesn’t have to be a solo affair, as Microsoft and Apple have proved. Communication is one key to bring a team startup success.
April 20, 2025
What it’s like to be a St. Paul snowplow driver
‘You know, I cleared it. It’s clean now. It’s drivable.' Hop into the truck with Jeremy Bates.
March 17, 2025
A Twin Cities ad exec believes 2025 is ‘the year of the independents’
Jennifer Spire, CEO and partner at Minneapolis-based creative agency Preston Spire, said her marketing operation isn’t for sale despite frequent interest.
March 7, 2025
How to get FIRE’d: Financially independent, retired early
There’s a whole movement behind FIRE, where followers live frugally and save dutifully in an effort to retire before age 65 and live comfortably then.
February 17, 2025
A gap year inspired a Twin Cities marketing exec to start her own agency
After a 25-year career, Margaret Murphy started Bold Orange in 2017. It now has more than 150 employees and topped $30 million in revenue last year.
February 4, 2025
Minneapolis-based agency donates 50% of profits to use ‘business as a force of good’
After the pandemic forced creative firm Latitude to refocus, CEO Krista Carroll said it has donated $8.5 million to international and domestic causes.
December 31, 2024
