Making it Work: Queblo
Queblo is an online marketplace that connects builders and homeowners with Spanish-speaking contractors. It does this through an app where workers create a portfolio of their work.
How to Make Art More Accessible Through Minigolf
A place that can only be described as Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory meets Pee-wee’s Playhouse. At Can Can Wonderland you can play mini-golf, drink boozy milkshakes, learn to tap dance and earn a high score on one of many vintage arcade games. But this mini-golf wonderland is far from your typical wacky roadside attraction—every hole and every decoration was designed and created by local artists.
What's up with Kimchi and Kombucha?
Conversations about probiotics have taken over dinner conversation, and gut health is something that people care about all of a sudden. How did fermented foods become so popular? GYST Fermentation Bar is a restaurant that serves every type of fermented food that you can think of.
Shopping in the 1930s with Heimie's Haberdashery
Heimie’s Haberdashery gives its customers a shopping experience of nearly 100 years ago, a time when the department store served as the cultural hub of a city.
Craft Ginger Beer Company Farmer Willie's Navigates Rebrand
Ellen joined the Farmer Willie’s team to build out their brand ambassador program as the company transitions into Willie’s Superbrew. Helping her navigate the rebranding effort is mentor Kim Eddleston, senior editor, Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange, and professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business.
Farmer Willie's Is Now Willie's Superbrew
McNeill built out a brand ambassador program to take craft ginger beer company Farmer Willie's to the next level as Willie's Superbrew. Helping her navigate the transition is mentor Kim Eddleston, senior editor, Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange, and professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business.
Making a Social Impact with a Sustainable Farming Solution
Leeore Levinstein, Elizabeth Alonzi, Jesse Abelson, three members of the five-person Vetiver Solutions team, competed against 24 other undergraduate entrepreneurial student teams from across the United States in e-Fest 2018 at the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas.
Why Do We Miss Vinyl Records?
Raoul Benavides, owner of Flashlight Vinyl, explains why he was able to open a record store in 2016, and why we miss listening to vinyl.
Skip the Gym and Try Taking an Acrobatics Class
Acrobatics is not easy. Have you ever seen an aerialist or contortionist at the circus and wondered how many decades they’ve been practicing their tricks?
The Super Bowl's Recycling Solution
Since China has banned the United States’ recyclables, the price for recyclable material has gone down, and the cost to sort the materials has gone up.
The Fashion Story of Queen Victoria
Did you know that the tradition of wearing a white wedding dress started with Queen Victoria? She was influential in more than just politics!
Happy Birthday PBS!
What does PBS mean to you? To celebrate PBS's anniversary, here's the internet's love letter to public television.
Duchess Harris Explains the Politics of Possibility
Duchess Harris' grandmother, Mariam D. Mann, was among the first Black women who started working NASA in the 1940s
Public TV Producer Leya Hale Explains Reclaiming Tobacco
Rewire spoke with Twin Cities PBS associate producer Leya Hale about her connection to the topic and what it was like to produce a documentary all on her own for the first time.
Work It: Protege Biomedical | A Husband and Wife Entrepreneu
Husband and wife team Susie and Michael Wuollett were shocked when they stumbled upon a brand new way to speed up the blood clotting process. They knew they'd landed upon something special and started a company with one goal: stop deaths from blood loss worldwide.
Park & Diamond Win 100k in First E-Fest Competition for Bike
Park & Diamond, a startup founded by two college students from Virginia Tech, has one simple goal: to improve cycling safety, starting with the helmet. The duo won #efest2017 competition at the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas. This is their story. More at http://www.rewire.org/.
5 Unique Job Interview Tips for Beginners
Jennifer Rogers is the associate director of employer relations at the University of St. Thomas and she details the following tips to help you succeed.
Healthy Fall Meal Prep - Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad
Welcome to Kell's Kitchen! Kelli shows us how to save money on work lunches while creating delicious meals.
Kelli creates a deliciously high-protein quinoa and roasted butternut squash salad, with savory chicken and a fresh cilantro garnish.
Work it: Pure Cycles | Four Fixed-Gear Bike-Loving Entrepren
Meet Pure Cycles. Three grade school best friends that followed their passion for bicycling and made a successful business out of it.
Work It: Player's Health | An App that's Working to Reduce Y
Meet Tyrre Burks of Player's Health, a powerful platform to manage the health and wellness of an entire sports organization. Player's Health provides athletic organizations with the essential medical information and injury reporting via a HIPAA compliant mobile application to manage the health and care of youth athletes. More at http://www.rewire.org/.
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