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Minnov8 Gang 169 – Does This Make Me Look Dorky?
The Gang is joined by Julio Ojeda-Zapata as our guest host and talk the Facebook IPO, gadgets, travel technology and much more. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata Discussed during the show: TiE Minnesota “Startups & Mentors” Local startup funding report here and Kidblog and Heroic and FanChatter Facebook Raises $16 Billion In Record [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 168 – Goober says “Hey!”
12. May 2012
The Gang discusses several developments this week in search, gadgets, and a mention of the passing of Goober Pyle (brother of Gomer), a character of the Andy Griffith Show back in the Sixties, played by George Lindsey who passed away this week. For anyone old enough to have seen the original show — or have [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 167 – The Mod Squad
5. May 2012
At the same time we’re all experiencing the amazing acceleration of gadgets, internet disruptions and new ways of getting social, there is a resurgence in the old: 1960s because of Mad Men and a re-do of “muscle cars” from U.S. automakers; the ageing of the population and their interest in nostalgia; accessibility of on-demand streaming [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 166 – Print Me Some Coffee
28. April 2012
The Gang discusses events this past week, including the Twin Cities debut of a new, consumer-grade 3D printing device called the Cube from Cubify. Having been fans of Star Trek in its various incarnations, many 3D printing enthusiasts have a vision for these sorts of printers that is more Star Trek replicator than what they presently [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 165 – So, Lumia 900, why is your software half-baked?
21. April 2012
The Gang was at the Twin Cities Windows Phone event at Best Buy and Ovative Group‘s open house this week. That, and a number of other big stories, is at the heart of this show. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson Music: “Sugar Rush” by Beau Hall from the podsafe Music Alley [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 164 – One BILLION dollars!?!
14. April 2012
Lots of surprising news this week with the resignation of Best Buy CEO and allegations of improprieties along with the jaw-dropping valuation of Instagram as acquired by Facebook. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson Music: “Johnnys Deathray Boogie” by Johnny Nicholas from the podsafe Music Alley Guest Segment: We were pleased [...]
Continue reading...“Your Inner Neandertal” DNA Day Talk
13. April 2012
Do you know why some people are 1 to 4% Neandertal? During her talk Lynn Fellman will explain how your Uncle Ned and maybe you have an “Inner Neander” during her art and science talk on April 28th. Lynn’s presentation is one of many talks at Twin City libraries to celebrate National DNA Days. The discovery [...]
Continue reading...Minnebar 2012: Tech Geek-Out Extraordinaire!
8. April 2012
Minnesota’s annual barcamp un-conference, aka Minnebar, returned for a seventh consecutive year on Saturday, April 7, and it was a blockbuster! Held again at Best Buy’s corporate headquarters in Richfield, the event attracted some 1300, the most in its history. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger — and better! A pre-party the night before [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 163 – Is Retail Dead?
31. March 2012
The announcement by Best Buy on cutting $800M by FY 2015, closing 50 stores and corporate layoffs of 400 people sparked a lot of conversation on this show about retail and its disruption. Online commerce, mobile devices, easy price-checking, big-box competitors cherry-picking hot product categories to sell and more is causing Best Buy no end [...]
Continue reading...Minnesota Cup Entry Starts Today
26. March 2012
The 8th annual Minnesota Cup has officially launched! This is Minnesota’s premiere entrepreneural event and past ones have seen stiff competition in every category since there are so many great startups here in our State. To familiarize yourself with this year’s competition, please find several resources below in the embedded document (we compiled the press [...]
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