Outdoor Greatroom, which makes outdoor furniture, moved its manufacturing back to Eagan, Minnesota. Calculating the Total Cost To understand the total cost of going abroad, Moser and his team have designed Total Cost of Ownership software. Mismanaged supply chain decisions sent manufacturing overseas. That's when he went to China. MORE >>

If it’s a different way to market your brand, spell it out to your final list of designers. by Roshini Rajkumar, founder of The Roshini Performance Group and author of “ Communicate That! “ It’s almost the end of 2011. What have you accomplished this year that could make your 2012 bigger, brighter, more empowered? Show Gratitude. MORE >>

and is designed to drive foot traffic to storefronts. “If your product is designed to do X, [they'll] see if it can also do Y and Z,” says Dave Sniadak, who works with clients big and small at the Minnesota-based agency, Axiom Marketing Communications. Go mobile. Not sure how to get started? Bid for ads online. MORE >>

Founded in 1902, 3M was once known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company. They found a new market for this oil as Crisco, hydrogenated cottonseed oil designed to replace lard. Simply put, smart businesses tend to follow the money, and sometimes that means growing into a business the founders hadn’t ever imagined. Fujifilm. MORE >>

2 LEGIT MC Hammer performing at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota on September 23, 1990.'> Perhaps in deference to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who was in the audience, Burrell said the technology isn't designed to replace existing search, but to add value. This is one of them. He was at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. MORE >>