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 business. She was asked if she would still like to host a booth at a local event selling individually some of the spices, mixes, and sauces she had put in her baskets. The event was a roaring success.Strahan was a busy mom who didn't love t...
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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 business. She was asked if she would still like to host a booth at a local event selling individually some of the spices, mixes, and sauces she had put in her baskets. The event was a roaring success.Strahan was a busy mom who didn't love t...
Blain Mikkonen - Architect grad, farmer, or furniture builder: Building business to success
The Rural Entrepreneur’s Gold
56 minutes
4 years ago
Blain Mikkonen - Architect grad, farmer, or furniture builder: Building business to success
Blain Mikkonen really liked design work, but he didn't want a desk job at an architecture firm. He loved to farm at his family's organic farm in South Dakota, but allergies made it frustrating. Unsure what to do after getting his Master's Degree in Architecture this lost college graduate decided to start a business. After he and his college roommates and fellow architecture classmates built some furniture for their apartment in college, Mikkonen decided to take a risk by staying away fr...
The Rural Entrepreneur’s Gold
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 business. She was asked if she would still like to host a booth at a local event selling individually some of the spices, mixes, and sauces she had put in her baskets. The event was a roaring success.Strahan was a busy mom who didn't love t...
