Archive | February, 2008

Yugma Accelerates

25. February 2008

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As our world becomes increasingly interconnected and the need for collaboration with others — regardless of geography or time zone — grows as a business imperative at all levels within organizations, just talking with people over the phone or with Skype, instant messaging, sending an SMS or email, or even using some sort of Web-centric [...]

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Innovation in Early-Stage Investing? You Bet! And MN Firm Is Major Player

22. February 2008

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It’s no secret the gap between friends-and-family financing and venture capital funding is big enough to drive a…well, a busload of entrepreneurs through. But I’m here to tell you, friends, there’s hope on the horizon.   The capital needs of early-stage companies used to be served well by VC funds, but the aforementioned gap has [...]

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ecoEnvelopes: Low Tech Meets Green Tech

19. February 2008

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One of the mega trends of 2008 is green tech and I will be following this environmental issue here from a Minnesota perspective. One interesting take on green tech is from Stillwater-based startup ecoEnvelopes that hopes to bring a green touch to the well established envelope business. Literally my first job out of college was [...]

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Welcome to Minnov8!

17. February 2008

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Minnov8 began as an idea in late 2007 when several Minnesota geeks realized that we shared a passion and a realization that we were living in a time of the greatest shift in communication and connection — affecting both humans and machines — than we were ever going to experience again in our lifetimes. As [...]

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