by Krysti Mikkonen | Nov 8, 2021 | food and drink, Minnesota, Podcast, rural entrepreneur
Jill Blashack Strahan used to put together gift baskets and sell them in her Minnesota town as an active rural entrepreneur. She started small and it got bigger and bigger, but it wasn’t working as she’d hoped and she decided to close the...
by Krysti Mikkonen | Oct 27, 2021 | Podcast, rural entrepreneur, small business, South Dakota
Jordan Phillips is more than a cross-country runner. She’s also more than a sister, daughter of a cancer survivor, and high school senior. And she’s more than a heck of an eloquent speaker. Jordan is an entrepreneur who at 12 years old had a product she...
by Krysti Mikkonen | Oct 20, 2021 | food and drink, Podcast, rural entrepreneur, small business
In today’s episode of the rural entrepreneurs, gold, you’re going to meet Greg Franklin, also known by some as the cheesecake ninja in his rural town of Perryville, Missouri, a town of about 8500. Greg is going to share how this guy, who didn’t...
by Krysti Mikkonen | Oct 14, 2021 | Podcast, South Dakota, Speaker
It is pretty cool how a high school sociology class project can be so inspiring it gets converted to a great book called Cardboard Confessionals! Meet Mitch Reed. He’s a high school superintendent who saw a cool public project in Brookings, South Dakota. It was...
by Krysti Mikkonen | Oct 7, 2021 | food and drink, North Dakota, Podcast, rural entrepreneur, small business
In today’s episode of the rural entrepreneurs, gold, we’re going to hear the accidental entrepreneur story of a business start-up that was anything but planned. See some businesses just happen when you least expect it, at any age, and at any time in...
by Krysti Mikkonen | Sep 30, 2021 | Podcast, South Dakota, Speaker
Holly Hoffman, a cast member of season 21 in Nicaragua shares her CBS Survivor story of life during and after the show that is entertaining, inspiring, motivating, and encouraging. She takes listeners on a roller coaster ride of emotion as she shares not only her...
