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Archive | September, 2009

‘RAIN Makers’ Event to Attract Angel Investors from Far and Wide

14. September 2009

Members of the largest multi-state network of angel investor groups in the country will gather in Minneapolis for the 6th Annual RAIN Makers Conference (http://www.rainsourcecapital.com/rainmaker/conferenceinfo.cfm) on September 23-24 at the new Hilton in Bloomington. Sponsored by St. Paul-based Rain Source Capital (http://www.rainsourcecapital.com/), this event has been held in other cities throughout the Upper Midwest in [...]

MN Light Rail Gets a New Brain

11. September 2009

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Entrepreneurs go with their gut when they see a need and have the skills or moxie to fill it with some innovative technology or approach. When developer Andy Atkinson, a light rail rider, found himself uncertain as to whether his train was on time or when others might be available if he happened to want [...]

Minnov8 Gang Podcast #50: A Chat with MNCup’s Dan Mallin

11. September 2009

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The Minnesota Cup is an effort to identify, reward and kickstart Minnesota entrepreneurial effort and the Gang is pleased to have its co-founder, Dan Mallin, on the podcast. Dan gives us an overview of what transpired last night (the event at the U of MN where the finalists were announced) and it was quite enlightening. [...]

Comcast: Faster Services = More Control

9. September 2009

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Comcast’s recent launch of a 100Mbps business class service for $369.95 per month will provide a great option for small to midsize businesses, at the same time I’m troubled because the continued acceleration of broadband speeds at low prices equals even more Comcast control of our local internet broadband access. What happens when Comcast is [...]

Comcast Launches 100Mbps Tier in MSP

9. September 2009

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The Twin Cities is the first market in the nation to enjoy Comcast’s newest high speed offering: 100 megabit per second business class service, leveraging their investment in DOCSIS 3.0, a cable internet standard. Their new service offering delivers up to 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) downloads and up to 15 Mbps uploads for $369.95 per month. [...]

Minnov8 Gang Celebrates Labor

4. September 2009

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The Minnov8 Gang will be off this weekend celebrating labor, though as I write those words to announce we’re not doing a podcast this Labor Day weekend I’m struck by how the nature of labor has changed over the last 100+ years. The man in front in the photo above is my maternal great grandfather, [...]

TED Hits Town, Throngs Converge

3. September 2009

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TED Hits Town, Throngs Converge And a lot more Minnesotans were wishing they could have gotten this hot ticket, it turned out. Screw the Fair, this was the place to be in St. Paul last night. There was nothing on a stick — in fact, no eats or drinks at all that I ever saw [...]

Web Design Workshop/Seminar for Creatives

3. September 2009

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If you’re a designer creating websites, web applications are someone working with a developer on a project or initiative, then this workshop and seminar will empower you with the things you should know before you design your first website; what the content management system Drupal can do for you and your clients; and simple project [...]

Gov. Pawlenty’s office: “We don’t respond to blogs”

2. September 2009

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Our post about Mike O’Connor being ‘cranky’ (which was also republished yesterday here at our partner MinnPost) was really about the fact that Governor Tim Pawlenty did an end-run-around the Minnesota Ultra High Speed Broadband Task Force and I sent an email to the Governor and staff to give them a heads-up on the post [...]

“Little Seth Godin” Becomes MIMA Summit Ambassador

1. September 2009

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As the early-bird registration deadline of September 7th closes in for the annual MIMA Summit, our friends at MIMA are taking the word ‘action’ in action figure literally! Observe “Little Seth” Godin as he pops up on the internet, hides out in the Twin Cities, and most recently, visits the Minnesota State Fair. MIMA has [...]

Archive | September, 2009

‘RAIN Makers’ Event to Attract Angel Investors from Far and Wide

MN Light Rail Gets a New Brain

Minnov8 Gang Podcast #50: A Chat with MNCup’s Dan Mallin

Comcast: Faster Services = More Control

Comcast Launches 100Mbps Tier in MSP

Minnov8 Gang Celebrates Labor

TED Hits Town, Throngs Converge

Web Design Workshop/Seminar for Creatives

Gov. Pawlenty’s office: “We don’t respond to blogs”

“Little Seth Godin” Becomes MIMA Summit Ambassador

Minnov8 Gang Podcast

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