Enterprising Minnesotans : 150 years of business pioneers
Foreword / Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Pioneering spirit (1849-1865) -- James Madison Goodhue, Minnesota pioneer -- Jane Grey Swisshelm, St. Cloud Democrat -- John Quincy Adam, Appeal -- Alexander Wilkin, St. Paul Mutual Insurance Company -- Alexander Hartman, Duluth Electric Company -- Betting on the future (1865-1890) -- Frederick Weyerhaeuser, Weyerhaeuser Company -- Cadwallader Washburn, Washburn-Crosby Company -- Charles Pillsbury, C.A. Pillsbury and Company -- Frank Peavey, Peavey Elevator Company -- Will Cargill and John MacMillan, W.W. Cargill Company -- William Worrall Mayo, William Mayo, and Charles Mayo, Mayo Clinic -- Harvey Fuller, H.B. Fuller Company -- James J. Hill, Great Northern Railway -- Leonidas Merritt, Mountain Iron Company -- Richard Hankinson, Northwestern Telephone -- Seizing opportunity (1890-1915) -- Theodore Hamm, Theodore Hamm Brewing Company -- Hans Andersen, Andersen Windows -- Sister Antonia McHugh, College of St. Catherine -- William McKnight, 3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company) -- Charles Beckman, Red Wing Shoe Company -- Henry Marison Byllesby, Northern States Power -- George Draper Dayton, Dayton's Department Store -- Surviving and thriving (1915-1940) -- Merritt Osborn, Economics Laboratory -- John Brandt, Land O'Lakes -- Jacob Aall Otteson Preus and Herman Ekern, Lutheran Brotherhood -- Carl Wickman, Greyhound Bus Company -- Colonel Lewis Brittin, Northwest Airways, Inc. -- Curt Carlson, Carlson Companies, Inc. -- Building on talent (1940-1965) -- Sister Elizabeth Kenny, Sister Kenny Institute -- William Norris, Control Data Corporation -- Earl Bakken, Medtronic -- Jeno Paulucci, Chun King -- Rose Totino, Totino's -- Marvin Schwan, Schwan's -- g [pt. 6]. Growing the business (1965-2000) -- Joel Ronning, Digital River, Inc. -- Richard Schulze, Best Buy Company, Inc. -- Leeann Chin, Leeann Chin, Inc. -- Jimmy Jam Harris and Terry Lewis, Flyte Tyme Records -- Glen Taylor, Taylor Corporation -- Conclusion : In a Pig's Eye -- Bibliography -- Index.
George, Stephen, 1948-
Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (Carlson School of Management)
Marilyn Carlson Nelson --
Stephen George ; foreword by Marilyn Carlson Nelson.
