Minnsights Blog

Minnesota businesses value the contributions of immigrants to the state. Their roles as workers, entrepreneurs, consumer and a link to the world economy are increasingly important to the development and growth of the economy and communities throughout Minnesota. Demographics show that as the population ages and the economy grows, Minnesota will not have the numbers of people available to fill labor needs, and immigrants are a key solution to this challenge. 

Strategic investments that encourage economic growth and recovery also reduce regulatory burdens and roadblocks to innovation.

The Grow Minnesota! program surveyed 360 small and medium-sized businesses this summer to better understand how they are investing in digital technologies and what they need to better leverage these tools for innovation and growth.

"I love this state and I love being able to say that I'm from Minnesota," said Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Lorie Gildea to the Women in Business crowd. "So much of that pride comes from the civic culture we've developed in Minnesota, our high level of civic participation, our commitment to our public institutions, our incredible business community, which invests so much in making our state a great place to live and work and the values of hard work of cooperation, fairness and decency that all Minnesotans strive for."

The Minnesota Chamber released the 2022 Business Benchmarks report at the recent 2021 Economic Summit. Each year, the Minnesota Chamber releases this report to make sense of all of the rankings that are reported all of the time. Our goal through this report is to break down these rankings by economic category and bring to you the best, most reliable rankings. What factors go into determining Minnesota’s competitiveness in infrastructure or innovation? And it's important to learn about these topics from those who know them best: Minnesota business leaders. At the 2021 Economic Summit, a panel of business leaders spoke to many of the opportunities and challenges facing Minnesota companies. Panelists included: