John Sturgess of Adogo Pet Hotels was named the Twin West Chamber Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year award winner in May 2012. ADOGO Pet Hotel is the premier dog hotel and daycare facility in the Twin Cities. From overnight boarding and dog daycare to professional grooming, training, door-to-door shuttle service, and more, you’ll find ADOGO’s got it all!
When Carlson School of Management alum, John Sturgess, was ready to start his own business, he knew the venture would be both exciting and daunting. With his education from the Executive MBA Program, John felt equipped to take on new challenges and operations to make Adogo Pet Hotel the success he knew it could be. This is his story.
Minnesotan To Meet: A Twin Cities Family & Their ‘Boutique Hotel For Dogs’. Sometimes you just get “dogged” by the pursuit of a dream. That’s the case for one Twin Cities family. John Sturgess spent 20 years operating and developing hotels before having his career go to the dogs. In 2011, he, his wife, Stacey, and daughter, Ellie, decided to combine…
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With a two-decade career in human hotels, John Sturgess founded Adogo Pet Hotels four years ago to cater to the four-legged set, instead…
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