Business Success Stories: How Entrepreneurs Are Succeeding in Madelia
Community members are proud of the small businesses that call Madelia home. Genuine support and care are offered to entrepreneurs to help make them successful. As one community member said, “I am proud of our thriving and successful businesses, our schools, the hospital and clinic, and last but not least our overall community spirit.”
Read Madelia’s business success stories to hear about high school students who created million-dollar businesses, entrepreneurs with successful retail and online businesses, and business owners who were amazed at how quickly they became profitable in Madelia.
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What you’re drawn to as a child can also be your life’s calling. As a Madelia native and 5th-generation Madelia High School graduate, Laura Sorenson proved this to be true.When Sorenson was a little girl, instead of playing with her Barbie dolls, she was redecorating, organizing, and coloring the Barbie...

After spending his entire life in Madelia, it made perfect sense for Josh Henry to start his business, Elite Electrical Innovations, in his hometown. “I chose Madelia because I was raised here and also enjoy the community. I have enjoyed seeing how the community has grown since I was a...

A Legacy Business with a Solid Foundation
Nov 30 2022When Nick Pietsch’s father passed away in 2001, he and his brother had an important decision to make: either continue Pietsch Construction, the company founded by their father in the late 1980s, or go their separate ways.
Nick remembered, “I was working part-time in the construction company and was...