Small Business Revolution: Main Street - Season 6 (2021)

The construction of a new interstate divided the Rondo community in St. Paul, Minnesota in the 1950s. The owners of Taste of Rondo are working to bring their community back to its vibrant roots, but startup woes and full-time jobs are holding them back.

In 1966, Elsa Rezene brought her entrepreneurial spirit to Minnesota from Eritrea, Africa. Before founding the longest-running black-owned furniture business in Minneapolis-St. Paul, she honed her sales craft offering beads, incense and jewelry. A generation later, Tetra carries on his mother's legacy, treating customers like family by embracing the lost art of customer service. While trends come and go, operations have remained the same at Elsa's - sometimes creating liabilities to the bottom line. To help Tetra navigate the realities of a changing industry, Deluxe ...

Since 2012, Sammy's Avenue Eatery has been proudly providing the North Minneapolis community with good conversation and much-needed healthy options for dining out. With his personal savings and inspiration from his grandmother, owner Sammy McDowell opened his first shop and hasn't looked back, adding a second location in Northeast Minneapolis, a food truck, and a soon-to-open food hall. But as expansion plans continue to roll out, Sammy knows he's at a point where systems and structure will need more consistency. To support Sammy's vision for growth, Deluxe brought in...