Best of MSPBJ: Famous Dave’s new CEO talks + Banks dig deeper into borrower backgrounds + Early wins for Shakopee’s young mayor
Founder & Editor in Chief
About a month ago, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reporter John Vomhof Jr. sat down with the new CEO of Famous Dave’s of America Inc. to learn his plans for growing the restaurant chain.
John Gilbert is an optimist. He said Famous Dave’s is a “high-growth brand waiting to happen.” And Gilbert told Vomhof that a simpler menu and more smaller-format stores were among the strategies that would lead to that growth.
That story was one of several that were available only to subscribers until now.…
Jodi Rave Spotted Bear (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation)
Founder & Editor in Chief
Location: Twin Buttes, North Dakota
Spoken Languages: English
Topic Expertise: Federal trust relationship with American Indians; Indigenous issues ranging from spirituality and environment to education and land rights
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