The Minnesota Business Partnership held its annual summer forum at Best Buy headquarters on Thursday. Medtronic CEO Geoff Martha, chairman of the MBP, tempered his usual enthusiasm for Minnesota's business community with a warning that loyalty is not unconditional. It matters, Ramlet said, because knowing these companies are based in Minnesota boosts perceptions of the state by as much as 23%. "There's a lot of negative press around big data centers…but we don't talk about all the jobs AI is creating." Get North Star Insider delivered to your inbox twice a week for the inside scoop on Minnesota's business community.