Accounting

Business Accounting Services, Inc.

Gregory C. Triplett, principal of Business Accounting Services, Inc., is an accounting professional providing contract part-time Controller/CFO services to businesses and non-profit organizations. Experienced in a variety of industries and in working with startup, growing and troubled companies.

Specialties include general accounting, budgets and forecasts, system setup, internal controls, and managing outside banking and vendor relations.

Hansen, Jergenson, Nergaard & Co., LLP

Since its founding in 1972, Hansen, Jergenson, Nergaard and Co. has been dedicated to serving closely held businesses and nonprofit organizations of all sizes and their related principals. Our firm's objective is to perform high quality services for our clients in a professional manner, on a timely basis, and at a reasonable cost to assist our clients in meeting their objectives. We strive to find creative solutions for our client's needs, and to present the advantages and disadvantages of each of the various alternatives of any given opportunity or issue.

Some of the services provided by HJN include: financial statements, tax planning and preparation, retirement and other fringe benefit plans, business succession planning, and other business consulting services.

LarsonAllen LLP

Our mission:

Create a noticeably different client experience.

LarsonAllen's certified public accountants, consultants, and advisors are dedicated to providing quality results to you. We offer assurance, accounting, tax, consulting, and advisory services tailored to the needs of your industry. Our combination of industry specialists allows us to operate as one firm with all of our resources available to each of our clients.

Market offerings:

Assurance and accounting - LarsonAllen has been providing assurance and accounting to organizations and individuals since 1953. Our certified public accountants offer independent and objective assurance expertise, as well as a full range of accounting services, from payroll preparation to business plan development.

Tax, consulting and advisory services - Sometimes you need an outside perspective to fully understand your potential. Our certified public accountants and nationally recognized consultants provide your organization with advice and information to help you reach your strategic, financial, and operational goals.

Financial (provided by LarsonAllen Financial, LLC, member FINRA & SIPC) - From financial advising to investment banking, we provide solutions to help you reach your financial goals. We are experienced professionals in financial planning, investments.

Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company, LLP

Accounting & Auditing | Tax | Technology | Private Investment Banking | Leadership Group | Actuarial & Benefits Consulting | Valuation & Litigation Practice Group | Turnaround Solutions | Family Business Office Services | Sports Professionals Services | China Strategies Consulting Group | Public Company (SEC) Practice Group | Franchise Company Practice Group

Magellan Consulting, Inc.

BookSmart Services provides bookkeeping, accounting, payroll, and daily money management services to small and start-up businesses in the technology, manufacturing and services sectors. It is a division of Magellan Consulting, Inc. who provides management and product development consulting services to small and start-up businesses.

The principals of Magellan have extensive background and experience in small and start-up businesses. With over 85 years of combined experience in developing and marketing products and services in a variety of technology and manufacturing segments, we also have started, grew, and sold several successful businesses. By leveraging our expertise and network of contacts, we provide a comprehensive perspective to our clients projects.

Advertising

Adaptive Avenue (2)

Adaptive Avenue provides an interactive, Web 2.0 advertising system that converts database-driven inventory into a customizable display format for serving relevant advertisements on demand. The system is an advertiser-generated and viewer-defined rotational display format that improves the transparency and visibility of deep Web content... with more flexibility and less overhead than conventional rich-media formats. Its patented capabilities achieve user activity rates of 2x - 4x relative to conventional methods.

ARAnet, Inc.

You have a great story - We can help tell it. ARAnet specializes in writing and placing feature articles, which we create on behalf of our clients, in print and online publications. Our articles are regularly featured in everything from the majority of top US daily newspapers to weekly community papers and everything in between. We are also published on Web sites ranging from major media sites to niche content and e-commerce sites. We charge one low price to write, place and track an article campaign. As an optional service, our clients can embed clickable links in their online article placements and only pay for the traffic that visits their Web site. ARAnet is absolutely the most cost-effective way to reach a large national consumer audience with your message.

ARAnet, Inc. - Building Brands - Educating Consumers - Driving Sales

Cadria

We help companies find the right direction with powerful integrated marketing solutions that capture the imagination and attention of your customers.

Our portfolio includes:

• GetGoMN [www.cadriagroup.com]
• The LUSSO Collection [www.cadriagroup.com]
• The Veterans Airlift Command [www.cadriagroup.com]

Eightz Advertising & Design

Eightz Advertising & Design is a new resource to help you with your marketing and creative needs. We can assist you in creating eye-catching and memorable advertising that will set you apart from your competition. From business cards to a complete campaign, Eightz can help you reach your target audience.

Grossman Design Associates

A full-service graphic design firm creating imaginative communications programs to fulfill our clients' marketing goals. Our capabilities include brand strategy and identity, brochures, web sites, packaging, direct mail and advertising.

Headwater Creative

Headwater Creative is a full-service marketing communications group. We create effective, thoughtful, fully-integrated design, advertising and public relations programs through strong relationships with our clients, vendors and other unique resources. Our approach is simple - through collaboration and discovery we establish goals and direction; then we do whatever possible to ensure our work is fresh, strong and on the mark. Ours is a reasonable approach to marketing communications.

Headwater Creative capabilities include: design (print and web), print collateral, publications, corporate and product identity, advertising/media, public relations, interactive communications.

ideapark

Ideapark (www.ideapark.com) provides marketing services for businesses to attract new customers and grow deeper, more profitable relationships with existing customers.

The professionals at ideapark have a background in doing multiple startups and understand the unique challenges and budgets that startup companies face.

Ideapark achieves this through customized campaigns through e-mail, interactive web sites, traditional and non-traditional media approaches. (non-traditional media includes the deep background ideapark has in effectively using and measuring web20 technologies.)

Across the diversity of established brands and startup companies that ideapark supports, there runs a common thread: the deliverables provide a measurable ROI required by investors and boards.

MGA Graphics, Inc

Connect Create Deliver

Today's business environment requires innovative marketing. Our goal is to build a strong partnership with you by delivering exceptional, breakthrough marketing solutions designed to increase your company's brand.

Graphic Design Promotional Products Logo Apparel Tradeshow Displays DVD/CD Creation Web Development Direct Marketing Pre-Press Services Print Broker

NewMom, Inc.

NewMom, Inc. brings families and businesses together. Through our Welcome Kits we give new moms a gift intended to make this wonderful life transition easier, help quality businesses grow, and give back to our community by partnering with charitable organizations.

Parrett Sales and Marketing, LLC

Award winning, full service marketing company with an emphasis in Strategy, Implementation and Management. Extensive National Sales Expertise. Member of the American Marketing Association. Specializing in manufacturing/wholesale/retail.

Exceeding expectations for 28 years.

Pushing Envelope Design

Pushing Envelope is a distributor of locally grown, organic creative juice. With professional marketing consulting and graphic design services, Pushing Envelope assists businesses in creating a strong image that is attractive to consumers, and then helps businesses effectively market their services through advertising.

Strong Suit Media

Strong Suit Media provides media planning and buying services. Our goal is to insure that your brand message connects with the target audience in an effective and efficient manner.

SuddenDeals.com

SuddenDeals.com -- We are Twin Cities' newest and most exciting discount and entertainment service. Our service allows restaurants and retail stores to reach customers in real-time with Sudden Deals sent as text messages to shoppers' cell phones. The shoppers Opt-in to receive these offers so there's absolutely NO SPAM. This is a very exciting and unique service. Let us help you fill your restaurant or retail shop with customers- instantly! http://www.SuddenDeals.com

The Kenyon Consortium, LLC

Kenyon is a design and communications consultancy. We think a client's needs can best be served by ad hoc teams assembled from the best and the brightest.

We solve problems from a unique perspective. Yours.

While traditional communications groups think it's all about advertising, we think it's all about advocacy.

We believe successful communication starts with a compelling argument for a customer to consider buying or using a product or service.

Then we open the right door, at the right time, with the right message.

Titan Worldwide, LLC.

Titan Worldwide offers our partners a variety of out-of-home advertising venues from transit, light rail, phone kiosks, bus shelters, wallscapes, billboards, and more. We span the globe from the U.S. to Canada to Europe. Our office in the Twin Cities offers media options on/in Metro Transit Buses & Light Rail. Our website is www.titanoutdoor.com or my email is robert.kalman@titanoutdoor.com Thank you for your time and interest, we look forward to assisting you in acheiving your advertising objectives with Titan Worldwide media that is proven effective and efficient!

Association/Organization

MEDA

MEDA is a unique nonprofit organization with experienced business development professionals, dedicated to assisting entrepreneurs of color.

Banking

Americana Community Bank

Americana Community Bank is a premier banking institution that prides itself in being a leader in customer service, responsiveness, and flexibility for well over 100 years. Our number one goal is to be the bank of choice for not only our clients, but for the community we serve. Having worked in the community banking field personally for over ten years, I share this same philosophy that is core to our focus at Americana.

Beyond being highly responsive to our clients needs, we offer a full range of business service options and financing alternatives to include; business cash management and internet banking (includes ACH payroll, wire capabilities, and billpay), merchant capture, conventional loan structures, equipment term loans, revolving lines of credit, commercial real estate loans (owner occupied and non-owner occupied), construction and land development loans, as well as Small Business Administration guaranteed loans (SBA 504 and SBA 7a).

Associated Bank, N.A.

Associated Bank is a full-service commercial and retail bank, with more than 300 banking locations in Minnesota (35), Wisconsin and Illinois. Associated provides a wide range of financial products and services, including business banking, trust and investment services, merchant card processing, insurance brokerage, estate planning, business succession and treasury management products for small and mid-size businesses.

We have specific expertise in providing financial services to privately held businesses and their owners, in addition to municipalities, schools and non-profit entities.

We can provide financial tools to assure the success of your business.

Community Resource Bank

Commercial Banking.

First Commercial Bank

First Commercial Bank is an independent bank, dedicated to serving the commercial and private banking needs of small and medium sized businesses and their principals by offering a full range of products and services.

You can count on First Commercial Bank to deliver the highest level of service quality. We feel that banking is a personal, one-on-one relationship that requires time, attention, understanding and creativity. We seek to expand existing relationships and develop new ones by treating our customers with respect and integrity and by providing timely solutions to their financial needs.

In the end, it comes down to the people. First Commercial Bank is staffed and managed by a team of dedicated professionals and owners who are committed to this pledge of service. Our banking knowledge and experience, combined with the fundamental value we place on customer relationships, will ensure our continuation as a provider of superior financial services.

Imperial Appraisals

We appraise single family homes-4 unit investment properties, including vacant land. We cover 13+ counties,(Mille Lacs & St Cloud in the north and west to New Prague and Elko to the south). We also provide a one day turn around time. For more information or to schedule an appraisal call or visit our website.

Business Services

ACF INDUSTRIES HENNEPIN COUNTY

ACF provides outsourced assembly and packaging services to Twin Cities businesses. It offers certified quality and timely service at a competitive price. Its Plymouth, Minnesota facilities are modern and efficient. Its workforce is well trained and professionally supervised.

Assembly,Bagging,Clam Filling,Collating, Heat Sealing, Kitting, Packaging, Testing.

CONTACT:

Kevin Simondet 612-596-0140

Hennepin County Adult Corrections Facilities Industry (ACF)

ActionCoach

Helping small/medium sized business owners find more money, more time, and more life from their business. Using one-to-one coaching, group coaching, Profit Clubs, 90 Day Planning and other seminars and workshops. Customized comprehensive mentoring programs will benefit any business at any stage of its developemnt.

Arthur Group Executive Search

It's no secret that acquiring top executive and management talent in today's competitive economy can be time consuming, expensive and ultimately frustrating.

Our business model is considered the most innovative in the Executive Search industry.

Experience Arthur Group Executive Search "Difference" - Database Assisted Search - 4 out of 5 candidates in our system are not listed in any of the public job boards - We sort through tens of thousands of "confidential" candidates already in our system - We'll set up the interviews and screen the candidates for you - First candidates are presented in 14 days - Searches start for less than $2000 - Guaranteed results!

The Arthur Group 612-642-2300

Better Way Solutions

Better Way Solutions provides a better way for small businesses to implement and maintain a robust phone system with features such as voicemail to email, time-based call routing, and automated call attendants.

We focus on the Asterisk VoIP platform, the most popular software-based phone systems in the world. Not only does the Better Way give you the functionality you need... the Better Way is far more affordable, flexible, and maintainable!

CEO Roundtable

An exclusive peer organization for leaders of growing companies, with revenues in the $3mm to $200 mm range. We provide small candid advisory groups where leaders can safely share professional and personal challenges and receive advice and selfless support from understanding peers. Where members grow personally as a leader, manager and business builder and seek ways to make better leadership and management decisions for their organizations.

Chatlyn Services

Chatlyn Services was established in 2003. We provides Virtual Executive/Personal Assistant Services to both start up and large companies, as well as individual business owners; allowing corporate professionals the time to expand their vision, to stay ahead of the competition, and maintain rapid growth. We will strive to help busy business professionals looking to outsource their projects, as well as stay organized, and maintain their success.

Commercial Furniture Services

CFS is a full-service office interiors resource to support your brand and grow with you. We create office environments that are effective, efficient and exceptional. CFS offers used and new- systems/desking, seating, storage, ergonmic solutions, interior design, moving services and upholstery to name a few. All price points.

contact: Todd Nelson CFS | 952.915.6317 | todd.nelson@cfsmn.com | www.cfsmn.com

Cottage Massage

Professional Massage Therapy Services

Therapeutic Healing Through Massage

Nationally Certified Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork

Member American Massage Therapy Association

By Appointment 651-439-2697

Specializing in:

Swedish,Integrative, Deep Tissue, Reflexology, Hot Stone Massage

Nationally Certified Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork

Nurturing

Massage therapy is the manual manipulation of the soft tissue which can have therapeutic affects on the systems of the body as well as promoting overall wellness and well being

Rejuvenating

Hospitals and medical clinics around the United States are integrating massage into patient care: The most common uses for massage in hospitals: helping patients cope with pain and stress.

STAR TRIBUNE, JAN. 5, 2005

Healing

Clients:

Private massage practice, Stillwater, MN

Courage Center-St.Croix, Stillwater, MN: Weekly on-site bodywork for special needs patients and caregivers

Cub Foods Corporate Headquarters: Weekly on-site massage for Corporate staff, Stillwater, MN

Cox Building, LLC

Providing commercial office Space in Roseville, MN.

Customer Elation

Customer Elation is a Minnesota based outsourced call center. We provide articulate and knowledable Customer Service Representatives for inbound and outbound customer service, sales, and product line support. Customer Elation also designs and hosts web based databases and landing pages for direct response programs. If you are in Minnesota and are considering a contact center or telemarketing partner, we should talk!

Dr Kari Boudreau

I provide full service chiropractic care including stress reduction, sports health care, motor vehicle rehab services, and x-ray analysis in an award winning art gallery office in Northeast Minneapolis.

Franchot & Associates, Inc.

Executive search and management council services for evolving businesses. We help you assess talent needs, define positions, recruit top talent, and develop retention strategies. Interim or permanent positions. Since 1984.

MEDNET USA

Imagine a world where medical information is available with a swipe of a patients card instead of using faxes and paper forms. Imagine emergency responders able to instantly access patient medical information right in the field, or the Provider is able to get instant access to critical information even before treatment starts. Also imagine a world where researchers are able to query and identify patient information to quickly enroll patients into the ever growing list of patient research programs, enabling rapid access to the latest research treatments.

For more information go to www.mednet.org or call 612-435-7603

Minnesota Computer & Office Supply

Minnesota Computer & Office Supply, Full Service office products distributor. Servicing our customers with over 40,000 items shipping from our network of 33 warehouses across the U.S. We provide free next day delivery, an excellent web site for real time inventory checking and order placement. Open accounts are available. Call 952 881-5507 to set up an open account. Our unique price comparison function parses the web sites of 7 major online sellers of office supplies on a weekly basis. We set our pricing below the lowest online prices so our customers save money. The system we created is complex, but the result is simple....SAVINGS on business essentials every business needs to operate. www.mncomputersupply.com

Minnesota Small Business Assistance Office

The Minnesota Small Business Assistance Office, a part of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, serves as a point of first and continuing contact for individuals and firms with questions about the start-up, operation or expansion of a business in Minnesota. The Office seeks to remedy what economists call the "problem of information cost." That is, it is often very expensive -- in terms of money, time, expertise, lost opportunity -- for a business person to obtain information necessary or useful to business operations. The State of Minnesota seeks to reduce those costs by having the Small Business Assistance Office provide business related publications and technical assistance free-of-charge.

MN Headhunter/Nerd Search

MN Headhunter, www.mnheadhunter.com, is a business blog written by Paul DeBettignies, Managing Partner of the Minneapolis based IT search firm Nerd Search.

Murals Your Way

Murals Your Way provides decorating solutions to businesses that want to add high-impact decor to their offices or homes. Over 5,000 images to choose from or use your own image to create custom wall decor.

Primary Electric, Inc.

Full service Twin Cities electrical contractor.

Residential, Commercial, & Industrial Wiring

Quazar Capital Corporation

Quazar Capital Corporation is a Minnesota based private Investment Banking firm that specializes in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Debt Placement, Financial Advisory and Exit Strategy services.

When it comes time to sell or buy a business, experience counts. We've been helping Midwest based companies for almost two decades. We have successfully helped our clients through many challenges during the transition of their business. Let us put that experience to work for you.

S4 Sales and Consulting

S4 Sales and Consulting is a sales services and sales consulting company focused on new customer acquisition. We assume our clients brand to sell on their behalf. We do so by providing integrated sales and marketing, technology focused lead generation, and can provide full sales execution including contract negotiation and deal closing.

Our mission is to acquire customers for our clients. We work for companies that are operationally sound but challenged by the sales process in some way. Our focus is on technology sales, software sales, and the sale of business services. Our specialty is Software as a Service (SaaS) sales.

Small Business Federal Government Contracting

Retired from 36 Years in the Defense Industrial Complex after working on 25 major weapons systems, many of which are in use today in the Middle East. Volunteer with Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE). I specialize in Small, Veteran-owned, Minority-Owned and Woman-Owned Businesses beginning work for the Federal Government. SCORE is a non-profit organization offering no cost assistance through a cooperative agreement with the SBA in business planning, operations, marketing and other aspects of starting and successfully operating a small business

My SCORE counselor web site is located at:

http://www.score.org

Key Words, "Federal Government Contracting"

Startupshoppe Inc.

We are a 'one-stop' managed business services company. We help YOU...set-up shop.

Threshold Arts & Oneiros LLC

Software, Training & Consulting for Effective Creative Collaboration

T-A-O provides solutions geared toward improving collaboration and interaction in the workplace, overcoming the stumbling blocks that complicate operations: the means to get most out of working together.

Personnel Training & Consulting Services focus upon mode, method, and effectiveness, of preparation, interaction, application and management, smoothing operations and providing practical and evaluative methods to keep it that way.

- Techniques for group interaction, planning, development and effective action
- Solutions to identify & track problems, successes and interactive patterns
- Long-term training and evaluation services available

Collaboration Software providing integrated tools for online interaction, management, production and content serving.

- Software for community building & management
- Solutions for media sharing & distribution
- Applications for collaborative creativity

Threshold Arts & Oneiros 1-866-779-8140
threshold-ao.com

Tradewind Properties

Tradewind Properties provides a full range of Property Management & Real Estate services in Minnesota. We provide unlimited services to investment property owners. Our strengths are in real estate management, leasing, contract administration, negotiation and accounting. Tradewind Property Management delivers prompt and reliable service to owners and other professionals who serve owners (e.g. accountants, attorneys, auditors, brokers, contractors, vendors, et.al.).

Tumalo Creek Transportation

Tumalo Creek Transportation is a third party logistics provider (3PL) offering a wide range of transportation solutions including van, flatbed, refrigerated, less than truckload (LTL), and special handling. With more than 25 years in the trucking and transportation industry, Tumalo Creek has developed strong relationships with customers and carriers across the country. Our tradition of service and integrity is a source of personal pride and a mark of distinction in the industry.

Volt Workforce Solutions

Helping Minnesota companies find the right people at the right time, every time.

Professional Recruitment
Temporary to Hire
Temporary Placement

Accounting
Administrative
Call Center
Data Entry
Human Resources
Manufacturing
Production
Warehouse

Wadu Enterprise, LLC

Wadu Enterprise, LLC is a minority owned business that provides general contracting, construction management, design/build projects and building maintenance in Twin Cities. Want Investor to fund $5 million growth and strategic positioning of the company.

Writing Assistance, Inc.

Writing Assistance, Inc. (WAI) specializes in the placement of Technical Writers, Instructional Designers and Marketing Comm Specialists throughout the United States and internationally. We have thousands of writers and hundreds of writing jobs. We are considered a leading resource for companies to find qualified professional writers and for writers to find jobs/projects.

We help companies find writers that meet their long-term or short-term goals on a contract, contract-to-hire or direct-hire basis. Projects that are on-site or remote include:

Software/Hardware Documentation * Copywriting * Policies & Procedures * Operator Manuals * Medical Documentation * User Guides * On-line Documentation

Web Content * On-Line Help * Ad Copy * Press Releases * Pharmaceutical white Papers * Training Development * Training Delivery * Manuals * Medical Device Guides

You can learn more about WAI by visiting www.writingassist.com or calling me, Todd Carley at 763-551-7921.

Consulting

Aldgate West, LLC

Business Strategy, Finance & Value Management.

Supporting your business where finance and strategy meet: Financial projections & planning, capital allocation, and value based management disciplines.

BenchmarkQA

At BenchmarkQA, we provide strategic consulting professionals who partner with you to solve your software quality assurance and testing challenges.

CcureIT

Common Sense Security and Information Technology Consulting with a focus on Infrastructure, Telecom, Risk Assessment, Policy assessment and Creation, Vulnerability Remediation, Penetration Testing and Compliance Auditing.
- Consulting only, No Product Sales - 800.996.8251

Chris Andrus & Associates

Small Manufacturing and Distribution Consulting including Business Practices and reviews, Computer Hardware and Software 'Tune Ups' and recomendations. Hardware and Software selection assistance.Call @ 651-247-1570, or e-mail @ candrus2@comcast.net.

Customers Plus

Customers Plus is all about sales development. We are an information and coaching resource company founded by seasoned Business-to-Business (B2B) sales and marketing professionals. Our objectives are two fold: 1) Supply clients with accurate market information needed to generate incremental business that supports our clients business strategies. 2) Leverage this information with experienced, knowledgeable sales coaching programs that optimize your organizations sales process. Our team of sales, marketing and research experts customizes each project to your unique situation. They are trained and motivated to ensure the successful execution of the program.

Devicix, LLC

Devicix, LLC is a multi-disciplinary engineering firm that delivers innovative design solutions to the medical device industry. The company staff has a very proven record of developing electro-mechanical and disposable medical products. Devicix also creates proof-of-function prototypes and provides support for regulatory compliance and expansion of intellectual property.

Direct Contact

Jeffery Giesener Managing Partner Direct Contact Phone: 952-807-8364 www.thegies.typepad.com

Direct Contact is one of the nations leading consulting practices on Leading Through Innovation. We Help Companies Zoom.

Do you know if your business is in a ZOOM LOOP or a DOOM LOOP?

Do you know where your business falls on the 15-year doom to zoom timeline?

In todays business climate, it is critical to pulse your business against the state of disruption in your industry. Working with Direct Contact not only helps you determine and understand the state of industry disruption and what to do about it, we also enable your leadership team to discover how to turn disruption into an offensive strategic weapon.

Direct Contact uses a multitude of innovation tools to solve Demand and Supply Chain challenges/opportunities.

Direct Contact located in the Minneapolis, Minnesota is led by Jeffery Giesener. Jeffery and his team of senior consultants have broad experience consulting in the disruptive innovation space for such firms as: Abacus DoubleClick, Myron Manufacturing, Ingersoll Rand, Westinghouse, Dell Computer, Intel, Harriet Carter Gifts, Surefit Products, Paul Fredrick MenStyle, American Refugee Committee, Vitamin Specialties Company, Betterliving, Windsor Store, Mandees, HealthRite, PennySaver and many more.

Enhance Consulting, Inc.

To enhance is to improve...

Our focus is on enhancing your productivity through training and coaching.

Services provided include document and flyer creation, training and consulting in use of computer applications, training in personal productivity.

Visit our website for more information.

Evergreen Health Advocates, Inc.

Helping Families Navigate the Healthcare, Medicare & Insurance Systems

Navigate Medicare & Social Security:

Do you need help understanding Medicare Parts A, B & D eligibility and gap insurance?

Do you understand how the new Medicare drug plans work?

Are you entitled to more benefits from the VA, Social Security or other public programs?

Navigate Insurance:

Do you want assistance in understanding which insurance plans best fit your specific needs and financial circumstances?

Is it important to you to be able to see any doctor or specialist that you choose?

Do you need a national policy because you travel during the year?

Navigate Healthcare & Housing Options:

Do you want to identify how to pay for needed services through county, federal and local assistance programs?

Do you wish to understand your options in moving closer to your family and finding the best doctors?

Would you like help with activities of daily living, but wish to still live at home?

Do you want to explore the differences between cooperative, assisted, independent and skilled nursing housing with services options?

Call Today for a Free Confidential Phone Consultation

651-229-0052

FranNet

A global network of franchise specialists who match people with businesses that meet their goals. We create an individual business model for each client identifying their strengths, abilities and investment level and coach them through the due diligence process. Local office in Edina.

GABE Company

GABE Company supports organizations and individuals to create extraordinary results by focusing on human performance within a business environment. We offer high performance team building and collaboration, leadership development, coaching and meeting facilitation

integra group, the

Medical Research and Evaluation

From preclinical to postmarket, Integra has the resources to bring medical innovations to market. With offices in Los Altos and Minneapolis, and a 20,000sq' preclinical surgical and housing facility in Brooklyn Park.

JD Coaching and Consulting

JD Coaching & Consulting is an organizational development firm specializing in leadership & team development, executive coaching, and marketing/sales stategy to help individuals, teams, and organizations improve performance and effectiveness.

Jodi Davis, MBA, is an author, executive coach and certified human potential trainer with more than 20 years business development, marketing/sales and leadership experience.

Nicole Flis Consulting

Nicole has worked with several local start-up companies, helping solve their business problems. She is unique because she understands the needs start-ups have.

She provides:

ANALYSIS = sales analysis and insight, recommendations, creation of analysis tools.

RESEARCH = market and industry research, demographic research, business intelligence.

MARKETING = creation of tailored prospect lists and databases, surveying, email marketing.

NEW BUSINESS SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS = provides analysis of new business software options and implementation. (Salesforce, Quickbooks, Access, Stellent, etc.)

BUSINESS PLANNING = writing business plans, knowledgable about existing community resources.

For more information view: www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleflis

Contact info: 612-600-7333 or nicoleflis@comcast.net

North Pole Engineering, Inc.

North Pole Engineering, an electrical engineering and software solution provider, specializes in medical device product development, embedded, FPGA and ASIC design. For ten years, NPE has been a leading engineering consulting service provider for the medical, defense and consumer product development markets.

Novak Technologies, Inc

Novak Technologies specializes in Oracle database administration and Oracle software development consulting services.

PC Elixir LLC

Provide video documentary for funeral, family, business and wedding clients. Website construction specializing in custom database applications used by banking, law, medicine(EMR), photography, real estate and community based enterprises.

Invented the Forever Disc series of DVD based presentations. Businesses, families and funeral homes across the country are using our products.

Future products in development include Forever Monument which is a video screen and video presentation encapsulated inside a headstone or gravemarker.

We also build custom computers specifically designed to client needs.

Rogue9 Financial

Rogue9 Financial will set your small business up with a foreign exchange day trade investment tool to hedge your profits and help you "run with the big dogs". .

Since I am still learning the trade, my rates will be a fraction of the cost of an experienced day trader [$15 - $20 per hour].

Read the Rogue9 Overview document below for details.

Spectrum Design Solutions

Spectrum Design Solutions is an engineering design services company with a specialization in wireless, DSP, and FPGA design. Our engineers have completed designs for Fortune 100 companies down to small start-ups, and can provide full turn-key solutions or only engage at a minor level. Our design experience is extensive and includes applications in industrial automation and control, motion control, medical systems, audio/video applications, high speed computing and bus architectures, PCI, telecom, commercial aviation, consumer products, and automotive systems.

Stahl Construction Company

Stahl Construction provides general contracting, construction management and design/build services for commmercial projects throughout the Twin Cities area.

The Change Agent Group, Inc.

We are Blue Ocean Strategy experts. We help new and established organizations systematically create new markets.

Technology innovation without business model innovation only puts you in a red ocean of bloody competition. Create a Blue Ocean by offering leaps in value for customers while reducing your costs.

- Blue Ocean Strategy workshops, keynotes and projects - Business model development - Value proposition development and testing - Key customer strategy - Culture assessment and design

The Northspan Group

The Northspan Group, Inc. is an economic development firm offering a full array of professional business and community development services including organizational development, strategic planning facilitation, business deal structuring and financing assistance, revolving loan fund development and administration, technical assistance, community project funding development with grant and loan application packaging.

www.NorthlandConnection.com Northspan manages this online portal, a comprehensive clearinghouse of economic development data and images for Northeastern Minnesota and Douglas County, Wisconsin. Northland Connection staff works directly with businesses considering expansion and/or relocation to its region.

The Open Source Technology Alliance (TOSTA)

The Open Source Technology Alliance (TOSTA) is a chapter/member based Educational and Collaborative Exchange for Private and Public Sector organizations and Educational Institutions interested in furthering their knowledge and understanding of open source software. TOSTA provides Consulting, Technical Resources, Risk Management, Education and Compliance Services to organizations that currently use or plan to use open source software. www.TOSTA.org

Trillium Partners

Trillium Partners provide executive management and advisory services to growth companies and start-up ventures. Our mission is to help our clients navigate their rapidly changing business landscape and fulfill their entrepreneurial vision. We are accomplished leaders, highly experienced in uniting sound business fundamentals with innovative thinking towards markets, products and services, partners and business operations. www.trilliumpartners.com

Yaggy Colby Associates

Providing quality land surveying, civil engineering and right of way services. Yaggy Colby Assoc. has offices in MN, IA and WI.

Financial

Carlton Financial Corporation

Carlton Financial Corporation has specialized in the financing and leasing of business essential equipment since 1983.

Edward Jones

Providing answers to your questions about tax-shelter, buy-out protection, retirement plans for all sizes of business, and financial coaching, one entrepreneur at a time.

The Growth Fund

The Central Minnesota Growth and Transition Fund is a subordinated debt fund (aka Mezzanine or Bridge financing) specializing in investments of $100,000 - $500,000.

The Growth Fund works primarily with established manufacturing, distribution and assembly businesses. The Growth Fund targets Management Buyouts and profitable, highly leveraged, fast growing companies with historically positive cash flow. Also, the Growth Fund may co-invest with other established investment funds and RAIN funds throughout Minnesota.

The Growth Fund's members consist of successful business professionals throughout Minnesota that bring a wealth of experience as well as financial backing.

The Interface Financial Group

The Interface Financial Group provides short-term cash flow assistance to small businesses by purchasing selected invoices at a discount

Human Resources

Administaff

Administaff provides America's best small to medium-sized businesses with administrative relief, big company benefits, reduced liabilities and a systematic way to improve productivity.

Join thousands of the very best businesses in the country that have gained a competitive advantage with Administaff's services.

Small Business is good for America, Administaff is good for Small Business

Freelance Group

Simply put, we provide the human capital to help you build powerful brands. Whether you are searching for a long-term contract employee, filling a headcount position, or outsourcing an entire marketing project, we have a solution to fit your needs.

Learn more about our assortment of integrated services for your marketing organization.

IT

Aerus Systems

Available now: A cost effective hosted solution for computer networking. We provide a Microsoft Office Suite based hosted desktop that includes anywhere/anytime secure access, daily data backup, free MS software updates, centralized shared file options and enterprise-level spam and virus protection.

As a start-up or SMB, why incur the big up front costs to purchase your own business software and infrastructure hardware, contend with tedious licensing and compliance issues, and maintain your own servers to store your business info and files? We already have those systems in place in industry leading state-of-the-art data center facilities and make it available for an affordable per user monthly fee.

Upgrade your IT for a fraction of what you might think it will cost.

Check out the benefits of our hosted solution. More info available at http://www.aerussystems.com

Apollo Computer Solutions

Apollo Computers Solutions specializes in providing technical support to Small Business. We are located in the South Metro area. We have experienced Windows XP, 2000 and 2003 Active Directory systems analyst on staff.

Gotageek

Gotageek is a managed IT services provider specializing in small business.

Providing 24X7 network monitoring and IT asset management is just the start. From our help desk services to complete network configuration and support, we take care of everything so you can focus on running your business.

Life is Good When You've Gotageek!

Infinity AccessNET

We are a business Internet Service Provider that lavishes customer service and technical support on our clients. We specialize in services to startups and entrepreneurs. http://web.iaxs.net/

LogiSolve

LogiSolve is a trusted technology and management consulting organization that provides the Top 10% of PM's BA's, and Technical Architects.

Meritide

Meritide is a business software and technology consulting company.

Since inception Meritide has earned a solid reputation as a business software & technology consulting leader that focuses on business solutions, business results and technology leadership. We provide a full suite of solutions, services and products that provide options for you - that result in increased capability, reduced cost and return on your investment.

Unlike other companies, Meritide has a unique Blueprint Process - a business systems view for streamlining operational processes that blends the:

-Utilization of current systems -With 3rd party tools and components -Open source software -Custom development, and -Meritide On-Demand (Software As A Service)

Modelus LLC

Talented Minnesota technology professionals offering leadership in custom software development and specializing in object- and service-oriented architectures and business modeling.

We deliver technology-based solutions that support your business initiatives and maximize return on your IT investment.

NetSentric Inc.

NetSentric provides Network and Computing Hardware, Server Maintenance, Computer Repairs, CRM and Automated Marketing, Consulting, Asset Management, Leasing Solutions.

Passkey Computer Services

Find out why scores of companies from 1 to 100 users trust Passkey for their IT needs. With a 16+ year history, Passkey is a leader for IT services in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Passkey specializes in providing consulting and support services for companies who choose not to hire their own internal IT staff. Passkey Computer Services has been serving small businesses since January, 1991. Passkey staff is insured and holds certifications from Microsoft, Novell, CompTIA, and Symantec. Passkey is experienced with Network security, employee monitoring, disaster planning, servers and workstations, scanning / imaging, cabling / equipment, Wireless, Mobile phone email, Virus / Spyware Protection, Remote Access, Internet / email, Firewalls, VPNs, multiple monitors, backups, Network design and planning, budget, server and network monitoring, and computer faxing.

Please visit us at www.passkeyinc.com

Pro-Act Software Services, Inc.

Pro-Act Software Services specializes in providing Progress Software Consulting, Programming, and Database Administration services for the Manufacturing, and Wholesale Distribution industries.

Pro-Act Software Services specializes in working with QAD MFG/PRO, WDS-II, Dispatch 1, ERP, Wholesale Distribution, and custom written Progress applications.

Pro-Act Software Services specializes in providing Progress GUI, CHUI, Webspeed, conversion, migration, and interface programming services along with UNIX scripting to support and or enhance your business critical Progress application.

Pro-Act Software Services can provide short notice on-site and off-site services.

mailto:mhulzebos@hughes.net

Runtime Solutions

Runtime Solutions - Venture Business IT Consultants

Runtime Solutions Incorporated provides technical project management and consulting services that are designed to maximize investment in Information Services for startup businesses and project based Merger & Acquisition activities. Runtime can provide a complete cycle of IT consulting starting with identifying and implementing an IT environment and finishing with the transfer of technical knowledge in all IT disciplines back to their clients in the form of creating an in-house IT Department

Our mission is to be an IT resource for startups who want the benefit of experience in implementing all IT issues without the cost of budgeting full-time IT resources and augment established companies' IT staff with Merger & Acquisition project experience.

Saturn Systems, Inc.

Custom software development in the areas of enterprise systems/applications, device control, data acquisition and R&D. Offering a low cost, high quality model through our rural outsourcing model.

Offshore to the North Shore!

Superior Endeavors, Inc.

COMPUTERS, NETWORKING, HOSTING, AND A WHOLE LOT MORE

Superior Endeavors, Inc. is your IT partner providing a wide variety of IT products and services. From design to implementation and support, from cabling to hosting, the crew at SEI will put all hands on deck to make sure your business needs are exceeded. Our Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft partnerships ensure that we have the right tools for the job.

Call now to schedule your FREE initial consultation!

Superior Endeavors, helping you succeed, one byte at a time!

TechMechanics, LLC

We are an IT services company specializing in the computer needs of small businesses. We offer network design and implemention, troubleshooting and maintenance, and diagnostics and monitoring services.

We are a registered Microsoft Partner and a certified Small Business Specialist.

Insurance

Associated Financial Group

AFG is one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in the upper midwest. Representing businesses for their employee benefit, retirement plan, benefit administration services, property casualty insurance, workers' compensation insurance, individual personal insurance, and human resource services.

Cox Insurance Associates, Inc.

Cox Insurance is an independent agency representing a carefully selected group of financially sound, reputable insurance companies. We work for you in placing your policy with the company offering the best coverage and value. Beginning with our initial contact, we are committed to the highest level of customer service.

Our Pledge to You:

To be fair, honest, and ethical

To be thorough and address your problems and concerns

Use risk management and industry knowledge to design your insurance plan

Horizon Agency

Horizon Agency, Inc. is a leading, industry-respected provider of commercial business insurance, personal insurance, life, health, and employee benefits insurance, surety bonds, investments, and specialty insurance programs since 1974.

Horizon Agency, Inc., in the top 10% of agencies nationwide by premium volume, differentiates itself from the rest of the pack by offering our clients access to roughly 50 different insurance companies. The average insurance agency generally has access to only three to five insurance companies. This give Horizon Agency a tremendous advantage when seeking out the best possible insurance program for our clients...seeking the best coverage at a price that is fair to both insurer and client.

Horizon Agency, Inc. is relationship driven. We seek out clients, large or small, that are more interested in establishing and maintaining a durable, mutually beneficial business relationship wherein you, the client, your insurer, and we, the insurance intermediary, all prosper. It is an axiom of any business, not just "insurance," that the most successful individuals or enterprises are those that seek and maintain long-term partnerships with all of their vendors. We find this to be true. We suspect you do as well.

MN Health Insurance Network

We are a health insurance brokerage available to help individuals and small businesses find health and other insurance. MNHI has been in business since 1994, is a member of the Minnesota Association of Health Underwriters (MAHU), and also a member of the Better Business Bureau.

We work with most of Minnesota's major health care insurance companies to find the right health insurance for you based on your specific needs.

MNHI is designed to help individuals, families, and small business owners find the best value for insurance and benefit needs.

Please visit us online at http://www.mnhealthnetwork.com or call us at 952.224.0123

Rosenbloom & Rosenbloom, Inc

R&R is an independently owned, full service insurance agency representing over 20 leading insurance carriers. We customize insurance programs that embrace the unique characteristics and risks of each of our clients. The foundation of our agency is our unrelenting focus on our customer's needs. We offer expertise in a broad portfolio of insurance services including business insurance, homeowner’s, automobile, health, life and disability.

The Christensen Group

As one of the top three independent insurance agencies in the state of Minnesota, The Christensen Group is a market-leading insurance and employee benefits agency located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Our commitment to growth combined with our rich history of client-focused service dating back to 1952 is the foundation or our agency.

What makes us different is the strength of our professional staff. Most of our sales and sales support staff have commercial underwriting experience. This knowledge base allows us to focus on creative solutions in a commodity marketplace and navigate our clients throughout changing market conditions. For the past 7 years, we have been named one of the 30 best practices agencies in the country by Regan & Associates of America.

The Christensen Group is dedicated to working with our clients to develop intelligent, cost-effective business insurance programs. By asking the right questions and identifying where a business' potential exposure is, we protect our clients from loss of income, loss of business or bankruptcy, while helping to position our clients for growth.

Please visit us: www.cg-iri.com

Legal

Borene Law Firm - Immigration Law

Employment-Based Immigration Law, Greencards, Temporary Work Visas, Investor Visas, Global Immigration Assistance

Scott M. Borene, Principal, named in "Best Lawyers in America"

4602 IDS Center

www.borene.com

Burville Law Office, P.A.

Providing high quality, reasonably priced legal services to entrepeneurs in the the South Metro area. Whether assisting with the organization of a new business, purchase or sale of an existing business, or assisting you with contract preparation or enforcement, our office strives to deliver practical and timely advice to our clients. Recognized by the Northern Dakota County Chamber of Commerce with a 2007 Business Excellence Award.

Cyr & Associates

We at Cyr & Associates provide intellectual property legal services to a wide variety of clients ranging from start-up companies to research universities and established corporations. Our goal is to provide high quality patent protection that advances the business interests of our clients. We provide patent services that cover a broad range of technologies that include the electrical, mechanical, chemical, and biotechnical arts. Our attorneys have advanced academic credentials as well as industrial and academic experience in their technical areas. Our focus is on preparation and prosecution of patents in the U.S. and worldwide within an overall IP strategy. Trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets form a part of the overall IP strategy. We also provide (non)infringement and (in)validity opinions, client counseling, licensing support, and pre-litigation support. Our firm does not engage directly in litigation.

Gray Plant Mooty

A Law Firm With Entrepreneurial Spirit!

Entrepreneurs have many things in common: vision, dedication, enthusiasm and risk-taking. Whether funding an early stage venture, building a strategic partnership or entering into a merger/acquisition, Gray Plant Mooty brings its own entrepreneurial spirit to every engagement. For over 140 years, we have helped emerging and growth businesses from inception through public offering or acquisition, and beyond.

Gray Plant Mooty combines fresh, creative thinking and innovative strategies with a tradition of excellence. Quality is as important to us today as it was when the law firm was founded in 1866. Approximately 160 lawyers serve an impressive roster of regional, national and international clients from our offices in Minneapolis and St. Cloud, Minnesota and Washington, D.C.

500 IDS Center / 80 South Eighth Street / Minneapolis, MN 55402

Greene Espel PLLP

Greene Espel was founded in 1993 to provide dispute resolution, litigation, and counseling services. We have selected our attorneys from distinguished careers in private practice, state and federal government, judicial clerkships, and the nation's finest law schools. Since our founding, we have cultivated a reputation for quality and integrity in the legal community, including among opposing counsel and judges. And we foster a sense of community that promotes trust and respect among our legal professionals and with our clients. We focus our practice in our areas of particular expertise, including commercial disputes, employment, products liability, intellectual property, professional liability, environmental law, governmental and constitutional litigation, and white-collar criminal defense. We also take our role as counselors very seriously -- providing informed, practical, and strategic advice as clients face their greatest challenges.

Greene Espel is located downtown in the U.S. Bank Plaza at 200 South Sixth Street, Suite 1200, Minneapolis, MN 55402.

Lommen Abdo Law firm

Lommen Abdo represents clients with a wide variety of Emerging Growth Business / Venture Capital issues. We are available to assist our clients, both individuals and businesses, with private placements, public offerings, and other capital raising endeavors. We offer advice to clients regarding compliance with state and federal laws and regulations and work with them on disclosure, registration and other matters. For more information about Emerging Growth Business / Venture Capital, contact Brad Lehrman at 612-336-9317 or blehrman@lommen.com, or 800-752-4297.

Maslon

Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP is a commercial law firm based in Minneapolis with 80 attorneys offering extensive experience in the areas of business and securities, commercial litigation, estate planning, financial services, labor and employment and real estate. Maslon is dedicated to offering excellence in the practice of law, helping clients achieve their most ambitious personal and business goals. We're here to help when it matters most.

Marketing

Anderson-Cain Business Communication

Anderson-Cain helps businesses of all sizes market their products, build relationships, and increase their visibility. We apply strategic, creative, and technical communications practices to highlight our clients' strengths, reinforce their messages, and engage their customers. With more than 27 years of award-winning experience, our work blends persuasion with punch to deliver concrete results for our clients.

Grupo Avance, LLC

Thought about entering the fast-growing Hispanic market, but don't have the Hispanic resources or expertise?... Welcome to Grupo Avance!... We are a group of experienced international business executives, with a wealth of know-how in developing Hispanic markets, who will help you to successfully grow your business into Mexico, Latin America, and the U.S. Hispanic market... before your competition does!

Link Positive, Inc.

Ben Wallace introduces Link Positive [www.LinkPositive.com], offering collaborative marketing services for businesses that want to foster more productive market relationships. We ensure market-informed, business-driven brand strategies that clearly define value and relevance, attracting the right stakeholders through rich, interactive and positive brand experiences at all points of contact - integrated Web, email, events, sales, product and service delivery.

Parrett Sales and Marketing

Award winning, full service marketing company with an emphasis in Strategy, Implementation and Management. Extensive National Sales Expertise. Member of the American Marketing Association. Specializing in manufacturing/wholesale/retail.

Exceeding expectations for 28 years.

Salem Broadcasting

The Salem Twin Cities radio group includes AM980 KKMS, Christian talk radio; AM1280 The Patriot, (conservative talk station); and AM1570, our recently launched talk station including Dr. Laura and the new Dennis Miller show. All three stations are streamed online.

Salem Twin Cities radio stations feature talk programs with live, interactive talk from locally and nationally recognized personalities, and they have unique strengths in effectively delivering an exclusive segment of the Twin Cities audience with excellent purchasing power. Most importantly, Salem radio stations have an extremely loyal and responsive following which means a fantastic return on investment for our advertisers.

Valtira Marketing Software

Raise the quality of leads from marketing activities.

Valtira's Simplicis Marketing Dashboard software improves marketing effectiveness and delivers higher quality leads into the sales channel.

Simplicis customizes web content for people responding to marketing campaigns, identifies the quality leads, and feeds into any CRM system the entire history of their web site activity.

Simplicis is based on Web 2.0 technologies and supports:

• Web content management
• Campaign management
• Lead management
• Email marketing
• Social networking
• Blogging, discussion forums

Simplicis is the platform that runs GetGo.

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PR

Haberman & Associates

Haberman & Associates tells the stories of the nation's most newsworthy, undiscovered pioneers, people and companies making the world a better place or changing the way business is done. Our pioneers are the leading technologists, explorers, entrepreneurs, authors and artists of our time.

New School Communications

New School is a rapidly growing public relations and public affairs agency in St. Paul. We specialize in working with growth companies and organizations.

Reference/Research

Aspen Research Corporation

Aspen Research Corporation has served the shelter, medical, specialty chemical, food and packaging markets for over twenty years. Aspen provides the right technical services and experiences throughtout the entire product lifecycle, to companies of all sizes; from the Fortune 100 to small start-up firms.

Aspen performs as an extension of the research function for large companies. For start-up firms, Aspen provides access to experienced research scientists at a variable cost to their business, so the business can focus on getting their product to market without the need to invest in building a research function.

Social Services

Health Village International Clinics for Malaria Control

Health Village International Clinics for Malaria Control is a non profit working with and for those who suffer from malaria. A Malaria Daignostic Rapid Testing Center is being organized in Zambia, millions of lives will be saved. This April 25th.2008 is the Malaria World Day and we are having an event at hotel next to the Global Market were a number of men and women partnering help fight malaria.3000 children are killed by malaria daily and over a million every year.Right now we are looking sponsors to help raise $ 50.000 by August to finish building the MDRT Center in Zambia. We also encourage you to find out more about Health Village at www.mobilising4malaria.org . Thank you in Advance for your support. The event time is 4 -5 PM . If you want to attend the World Malaria Day let us know by emil before April 16th.

Web

Clear Consulting, LLC

Software consulting company focused on bringing web application startups to life.

Dan Moriarty Web Design

Freelance web design since 2000, serving mostly small to medium-sized businesses and startups. Past work includes:

• new business websites
• e-commerce sites
• corporate and nonprofit sites
• course and session registration sites
• site redesigns
• adding new features such as blogs, mailing lists, and content management systems

FAXT Internet Development

Our Business is making Your Business look good on the web

http://www.faxt.com

Guerilla Graphics

Guerilla Graphics is a multimedia development company that specializes in custom graphic design solutions for all types of projects. From web development, email marketing, DVD prodution, motion design and video production, a hired Guerrilla is ready to complete your project.

http://www.guerillagraphics.net

Nicollet Design

Nicollet Design is web design + graphics + photography + marketing in MPLS. Professional services at grassroots costs for non-profits, private start-ups, and entrepreneurs.

www.nicolletdesign.com [www.nicolletdesign.com]

North Rock Publishing Co

Web design and internet marketing for Minnesota small business.

Ratchet

Ratchet is a technology solutions company that works with creative organizations to deliver innovative, design-driven, interactive and desktop solutions. Ratchet has a proven track record of delivering bottom-line results to some of the world's most recognizable brands. We serve clients big and small, new and established who all want one thing... to gain a competitive advantage through highly integrated, flawlessly executed technology projects. Creative partners choose Ratchet for our knowledge of brand marketing and our commitment to pixel-perfect execution.