June 2008 Newsletter
CEO’s Introduction Based in Mower County, Minnesota, and formed by George A. Hormel in 1891, few people will easily recognize the company Hormel Foods Corporation. However, most will recognize their product, SPAM®, a food type described as “a part of pop culture and folklore.” Initially introduced in 1937, the origin of the word SPAM® has been attributed [...]

May 2008 Newsletter
CEO’s Introduction We are very pleased to have a guest contributor to our newsletter this month: Joeann Fossland. Joeann is a noted speaker and business coach, and if you have the pleasure to meet her, you will instantly recognize her passion and enthusiasm for everything she does and for everyone she meets. To say [...]

March 2008 Newsletter
CEO’s Introduction On December 10, 1941, Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr., a 26 year old married father of one, was flying a B-17 “Flying Fortress” bomber when it became the first such plane to be shot down in combat during the Second World War. Named America’s “first war hero” by Life magazine, Kelly won the [...]

February 2008 Newsletter
CEO’s Introduction The 1980’s ad campaign Blown Away Guy helped make the audio cassette maker Maxell an icon of pop culture. In the UK version of the commercial, Peter Murphy (formerly of the group Bauhaus) places a Maxell audio tape into a large stereo. As he sits, impeccably dressed and sitting in a very expensive leather [...]