Posted on July 2nd, 2018
When Dean Folkvord and his family began Wheat Montana Farms and Bakery many years ago, he planted an entrepreneurial seed. Hillary, one of two daughters along side her sister have spouted from that seed into very successful young business owners. The Folkvord girls got their start in making their own money many years ago at […]
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Posted on June 24th, 2018
Before the accolades; before the big Orvis contract; before the studio spaces, there was a dream. A.L. Swanson knew at an early age that one day, he’d make a name for himself. He wasn’t sure exactly what he’d be offering, but he wanted his name to be synonymous with the highest quality hand-crafted goods anywhere. […]
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Posted on May 12th, 2018
In terms of speaking about the revitalization of the Downtown Helena area, it would be pretty hard not to mention Shalon Hastings’ impact on it. Owner of the Taco Del Sol on the Walking Mall and the adjacent Hub Coffee, Shalon has had quite the entrepreneurial journey. She grew up around business owners; her father […]
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Posted on May 10th, 2018
Every business faces adversity from time to time, but imagine yours is destroyed in an explosion! This was a reality that our next guest, Mike Hope of the Rocking R Bar in Bozeman, MT had to face on a chilly morning in 2009. A gas leak caught a spark, and the explosion took out the […]
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Posted on May 9th, 2018
You may have never heard of the name Dean Folkvord, but perhaps you’ve heard the name of the company he and his family founded in the 1990’s, today known as Wheat Montana Farms and Bakery. In our first interview on the Montana Business Podcast, Mr. Folkvord explains some of the lessons he’s learned as a […]
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