Gilbert Gutknecht: “it is a Cinderella story, and 1 year ago it looked as if that team would not even exist this year, and now here they are…”

“it is a Cinderella story, and 1 year ago it looked as if that team would not even exist this year, and now here they are in the playoffs. And yesterday was another great story; fell behind early, came back to win in Oakland. Today my staff is gathered around. They rigged up a way that we can actually listen to the game in the office, and we have a feeling they are going to come back today. We are also proud and we are here today to talk about something that we in Minnesota are proud of, and that is a Minnesota company called Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, 3M better known, because they are celebrating 100 years of innovation, and it really is one of the most innovative companies. Several years ago we had one of their researchers come down to Rochester, Minnesota. He gave a speech, and he said something pretty profound. He said that he is talking about basic research, and he said if we knew what we were doing, it would not be research. And there is no other company that I know of that has done so much in terms of developing new products, because many people think of 3M, and they think of Scotch tape or they think of Post-It notes, but truthfully, it started 100 years ago making sandpaper, and now they are a $1 billion pharmaceutical company.”