May 2010/FEATURES

Marshall Franklin Long

The Strange, Wondrous Restaurant Life of Blake Richardson

With his second venture, Moto-I, well on its way to success, Blake Richardson is proving to be a brewing genius and one of Minneapolis’s most subtle yet consequential restaurateurs.

By: Drew Wood

Blake Richardson, like many a college student, was really fond of beer. In fact, so into beer was Richardson that he brewed his own kitchen-sink blend in his spare time. Not, maybe, so unusual today,...

MED-TECH in Minnesota

The past is spectacular, but how will health care reform, changes at the FDA and a multi-billion-dollar device tax impact the prognosis?

By: David Gee

“Did you hear about Disc Dynamics shutting down because they couldn’t get FDA approval?” asks venture capitalist David Dalvey over dinner. “They took some promising technology and about $60 million worth of investors’...

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