My wife and I had our first child late last year. As any new parent quickly discovers, having a baby comes with an impressive list of things...

California's Longstanding Skepticism of Non-Competes California has long taken a different approach to employee mobility than many other...

For many early stage companies, signing that first office lease feels like a milestone—tangible proof that the idea is becoming a real busin...

My parents are in the middle of winding down their farm operation in Northern Iowa. The idea was simple: sell the land; retire and walk off ...

Most children of my generation are quite familiar with searching through a cabinet filled with plastic Tupperware containers and lids to fin...

The start of a new business is a pivotal time for any entrepreneur. Unless you happen to be a serial entrepreneur who has played this game b...

In previous posts, we’ve talked about the unpleasant but inescapable reality that an entrepreneur needs money to get a new business up and r...

One of the many interesting side effects to the COVID-19 pandemic has been a reported boom in American startups. On one hand, it makes sens...

Stuck with a rainy Sunday afternoon this past weekend, I found myself landing on the just released HBO documentary “ MoviePass, MovieCrash ....

The MN Cup , a program of the Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, is the ...

A patent portfolio can be one of the greatest assets that a company owns. Patented technology provides value to a company that can lead to i...

Earlier this month, Minneapolis hosted and Lathrop GPM sponsored the 2024 Midwest Legal Coneference on Data Privacy and Cybersecurity . The ...

The end of the year is always a hectic time for everyone, with many holidays around the world. It is also usually a big time for retail busi...

One Toke Over the Line? [1] As the hazy post-legalization world of cannabis in Minnesota comes into focus—after it became legal to possess,...

Today I’d like to share an unusual and inspiring story of entrepreneurial spirit, originality, creativity, and, perhaps most important, pers...

Most entrepreneurs (okay, actually pretty much most people) don’t typically think of industry regulators as their friends, but the Securitie...

In 2022, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) launched a new initiative to recognize the innovative efforts of small and medi...

In the internet age, a good domain name is a crucial part of any business’s branding strategy. In a previous post on this blog directed at ...

For those of us who are avid multitaskers and prefer to consume our media aurally, podcasts are a great source not only of entertaining cont...

About this time last year, I posted my top five favorite podcasts for entrepreneurs . Avid readers may remember that one podcast, Acquired ,...