Northwest Minnesota is home to a number of businesses that have grown from a garage or a kitchen table to become companies that employ hundreds of people and sell products around the world. A lot of entrepreneurs in our area look to successful companies like Arctic Cat, Central Boiler, Digi-Key, Marvin Windows and Doors, and Polaris as examples to learn from as they grow their own businesses.

IDEA – a competition to help small businesses thrive – is celebrating its sixth year. Michelle Landsverk of Landsverk and Associates in Fosston joined Pioneer 90.1’s Mark Johnson to talk about it.