Archive | May, 2011

Minnov8 Gang is off for Memorial Day

27. May 2011

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Have a safe and happy Memorial Day and thank a veteran, active service member or the families who are sacrificing so we can enjoy it. We’ll be back next week!

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CoCoMSP Adds the “M”

26. May 2011

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CoCoMSP, the premiere coworking space in the Twin Cities, announced yesterday that they will open a Minneapolis coworking space on July 5, 2011, on the historic Trading Floor of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (see more photos here). This adventure is being done along with Project Skyway, Minnesota’s first tech accelerator program for motivated entrepreneurs. I talked this [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 124 – No Rain in This Cloud

20. May 2011

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The Gang has on Mike Sowada, CEO of VISI. Mike has been a leader in technology management for over 20 years, co-founding Digital North, a leading provider of business-class hosting solutions, as well as a career as a leader at DKS Systems, Net Perceptions, Inc., The Musicland Group, and as he embarked on his career [...]

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Hiring with Hyier

17. May 2011

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If you’re looking for a job, you know how tough it is to get the interview and to get some kind of communication back from a company where you’ve applied. Imagine you were a hiring manager or HR person in a company in need of one or more people for key jobs. Companies that post [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 123 – The ‘Table Stakes’ are Rising

13. May 2011

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With all of the hoopla surrounding Microsoft buying Skype, Facebook hiring a PR firm to plant negative stories about Google, and the Google I/O conference releasing a lot of new opportunities with their platform technologies, it’s pretty clear that the ‘table stakes’ to be in the internet/web game are rising…quickly. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, [...]

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Minnesota Cup Deadline Fast Approaching

10. May 2011

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Got a great business idea? Minnesota entrepreneurs, inventors and anyone else with one are encouraged to enter the 2011 Minnesota Cup competition but you’d better hurry…the deadline is approaching fast! The entry deadline of 11:59pm on May 20th is fast approaching so begin your entry ASAP. At last year’s event, co-founder Scott Litman joked that [...]

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CoCo Expanding to Minneapolis

10. May 2011

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CoCo, the co-working firm with a great space in St. Paul, is a heartbeat away from signing a lease on a new space in Minneapolis. What sets this particular space apart is that CoCo is teaming with Project Skyway to create a new kind of “creative incubation” space for business. Positioned as an “historic space” [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 122 – Crashing is Not an Option

7. May 2011

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MinneBar was in full swing at Best Buy’s Headquarters and the Gang was delighted to have a chance to talk with Matthew Dornquast, CEO of Code 42 Software (makers of the worldwide acclaimed backup service, CrashPlan) about his firm, its background and growth and, revealed publicly for the first time to Minnov8, their merger with mobile software [...]

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