East Side Enterprise

In this episode I sit down with Gary Borglund, who does something you do not hear about often: he works across land development, agriculture, and food access all at once, and ties them together into one mission. Gary is Executive Director of Generous Harvest Wisconsin, where he partners with growers to secure food at reduced cost for the organizations and communities that rely on it, and he is hel...

For the very first episode of East Side Enterprise, I sit down with Steve Grohn, owner of AJ Alberts Plumbing and Water Conditioning in Woodbury. AJ Alberts has been family owned and operated since 1989, and Steve has built it into one of the most trusted names in the East Metro, with a team of licensed plumbers, a growing focus on water quality and treatment, and a reputation earned one job at a...

In this episode I talk with Tim Voit, an independent representative for LegalShield and IDShield, about the idea that legal help and identity protection should not be things you only reach for in a crisis. LegalShield gives members access to legal services through a network of provider law firms for a flat monthly cost, and IDShield adds identity theft monitoring and restoration. Tim works locally...

This episode features Henry Schneider, founder and owner of Open Window Productions, a video production company based in Oakdale. Henry helps businesses and organizations tell their stories through video, from the first idea to the finished piece. We talk about what it takes to build a creative business locally, how he approaches a project, and why the story underneath the footage matters more tha...