2007–08
Saman Bemel Benrud ’09 & Alex Mitchell ’09
MFM Apparel
Mintee Fresh Monster is an apparel company providing tee shirts to the young, hip, and college student demographic. MFM Apparel is a line of fashion tee shirts conceived and executed by a passionate and inspired designer and driven by innovative grass roots marketing.
Kevin Borek ’10
The Lorax Nursery
The Lorax Nursery is an organic plant and tree nursery that sells chemical-free products at wholesale and retail businesses. The organic tree and plant nursery will provide the community with an all-natural, health, and environmentally friendly alternative to ordinary nurseries that use chemicals.
Aidan Currie ’08
Happy Roots Root Beer
Organic Root Beer - Produce and sell root beer that is truly organic and tastes good, offering a healthier more sustainable alternative to current soft drinks.
Max Davenport ’08
Deep Green Lotus
A clothing and furnishings company offering fashionable solutions to everyday living with 5% of the profits donated to charity. Visit www.DeepGreenLotus.com for more!
Wade Hauser & Jenna Wagner ’09
A Tree Free Lunch
This is a non-profit business that will sell reusable lunch bags to St. Olaf students to promote sustainability. The goal is to eliminate the unhealthy dependence on environmentally detrimental paper bags.
Andrew Foxwel ’08
Modica Marketing
Modica Marketing is a marketing, advertising and public relations firm especially designed for the St. Olaf Community. Our goal is to spark new interest in events, organizations and businesses on campus through diverse, energized and first-person perspective marketing techniques. More about Modica
Lyndel Owens ’10
Cookies 'n Cream
This is a vending cookie and ice cream sandwich business which will sell at fairs and large events throughout central Ohio during the summer of 2008.
Danielle Stoermer ’08 & Katie Godfrey ’08
Sustainable Cookbook
A cookbook containing recipes from St. Olaf faculty, staff, and students, which includes information on local and organic food and a sustainable lifestyle in general.
Eric Tvedt ’08
Masses with Masses
Masses with Masses are an alternative rock group composed of four St. Olaf College seniors based in Northfield, MN. Masses with Masses have been writing and performing original musical compositions since January of 2006 with members including Matt Germscheid, Eric Graalum, Ben Manning and Eric Tvedt.
Will Voorhees ’08
DormDVDs.com
DormDVDs.com is an Internet based, inventory-less, low overhead movie rental service. It serves as an intermediary for students to borrow each other's movies.
Jenna Wagner '09
Urbane
Urbane sells unique and practical hand knit items for men, women, and children, such as scarves, hats, mittens, purses, bags, booties, and an assortment of accessories
Mikael Witte & Eric Wilson ’08
Plagiarists Company
The Plagiarists Company is an organization dedicated to the success of the art the members create. For the past three years Eric Wilson, Davis Wille, Mikael Witte, Brendan Golle and Blake Wergeland have performed together in this band. During Spring '06 the band released their first record, Veto. Their band is currently working toward the production of their second record.
Previous Years
Ian Anderson '07
Afternoon Records
Afteroon Records is an independent record label that works with young, college-aged bands to record, produce, manufacture, distribute, nationally promote, and book a professional product. I have also produced my own CD called Aneuretical
Russell Anway '07
Anway Productions
Anway productions are a full service video production and editing business. This allows me to earn money while improving the skills I hope to someday use in the film industry.
Dan Borek '07
Manitou Renewable Energy Service
MRES is a pioneering renewable energy development project by students at St. Olaf College. The group creates and implements sustainable infrastructure for green energy production.
Paul Bromen, Sean Johnson & Aaron Pompeian '07
Thrift Ninja
A unique clothing resale company, aimed at redistribution and revitalization of apparel. We make the hike to a wide array of thrift shops, dig through the mess and bring back the true gems (always in good condition) hidden away under all the rage.
Dayna Burtness '07
St. Olaf Garden Research and Organic Works (STOGROW)
STOGROW Farm is the new St. Olaf student run organic garden! Our goal is to increase campus sustainability by growing vegetables and herbs to sell directly to Bon Appetit (www.bamco.com), a food service company who runs our Caf. Another goal of STOGROW is to involve the St. Olaf community in the planting, cultivation, and harvesting to increase what David Orr calls "land intelligence," our experience of the land that makes it a "vital reality."
Max Davenport '08
Gwarster Inc.
The Gwarster INC Merchandise Store is the true heart of Gwarster INC. It began in 2002 as a way to earn some extra cash and quickly became a profitable enterprise on eBay. By mid-2003, it expanded into a full service webstore with 4 sizes of pins and an odd array of other merch that you wouldn't find anywhere else. With new innovation and better machinery, prices have lowered over the years and better products have emerged. Now we have a fully automatic press, laser printers, and a die cutting press to ensure quality products, low prices, and low turn-around times. Today we pride ourselves on low prices, unbeatable service, and personal relationships with our customers. We strive to improve our operations and relations everyday to bring you better products at the best price possible.
Daniel Gregory ’07
Peak Force Athletics
Peak Force Athletics is a business that focuses on the development & education of the high school athlete in the areas of strength and conditioning, and health. This provides young athletes the opportunity to train during the summer in a structured and competitive atmosphere that enables them to push themselves beyond their previous level of training.
Mark Johnson '07
Plymouth Painters
Specializes in exterior house and deck painting in the Plymouth/Wayzata area. Painting one's home is a necessary aspect of maintenance, and it is something that needs to be done every few years. Plymouth Painters provides a quality, cost-effective way for homeowners to do just that, and their service adds value to property. They specialize in painting, varnishing, staining, and protecting both houses and decks.
Phong Nguyen '07
Betta King
Betta King is a betta fish breeding company that provides locally bred bettas to fish stores in the greater Twin Cities area. In the summer of 2005, Betta King will breed several thousand bettas and sell them throughout the fall of 2005. Betta King hopes to provide an excellent fish at an affordable price.
Scott Wopata '07
Rent-a-Son
Offers affordable labor for home repair and improvements as an alternative to expensive, professional, and metro-based companies. Combining personal, social, and economic goals, Rent-a-son will offer semi-skilled manual labor at an extremely low cost to homeowners in need of repairs and/or improvements that would otherwise be too expensive.
