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Minnesota Cup Announces Finalists

19. August 2010

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This just in from the folks at the Minnesota Cup, a phenomenal event for startup Minnesota: “The Minnesota Cup is a statewide entrepreneurial contest that seeks out and supports Minnesota’s newest and most innovative business ideas, today announced the finalists for the 6th Annual Minnesota Cup competition. Finalists include a company that is developing the [...]

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How Many Social Media Day Cards Did You Get?

1. July 2010

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Yesterday (June 30th) marked the first ever Social Media Day. By no means was this a national “bank” holiday, nor a holiday proclaimed by the recognized official holiday creator…Hallmark. No, this was a day proclaimed by perhaps the purveyor of social media news, Mashable. What pray tell is the purpose of Social Media Day? The [...]

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MN Cup Announces Semi-Finalists

15. June 2010

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Out of a field of 1,000 participants from around the State, 48 of them have been chosen as semi-finalists to enter the next phase of the competition. If you don’t know the Minnesota Cup, it,  ”...presents entrepreneurs and start-up companies with a unique opportunity in these challenging economic times. More than $130,000 in seed capital [...]

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Strong Community of Innovation In Attendance at Minnebar

24. May 2010

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Saturday saw another Minnebar come and go at the sprawling (OK, really big) Best Buy campus. Boasting over 900 who’d signed up for the event, it appeared to the Minnov8 Gang that there were roughly 500 or so people in attendance which still made it the biggest Minnebar yet and the largest Barcamp event of [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 79: The Facebookers

15. May 2010

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The Facebook privacy controversy continues to heat up. In fact, as of May 2010, the Better Business Bureau gave Facebook a D rating, stating “We have enough concerns about this company (for example, their offer, customer complaints, advertising, etc.) that we recommend caution in doing business with it.” To bring another perspective in to the podcast, [...]

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MHTA Angel Tax Credit Panel

11. May 2010

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Join MHTA on Monday, May 24 at the ADC Auditorium for MHTA’s Angel Tax Credit Panel. Registration:  7:30 a.m. Program:  8:00 – 9:30 a.m. The Angel Tax Credit Panel will feature an outstanding line-up of panelists who will discuss the recently enacted 25% tax credit for angel investors who invest in Minnesota high tech start-up companies. [...]

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Google, Bing & Nat’l Experts on Internet Marketing

7. May 2010

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GetListed.org, a company committed to helping small business owners maximize their online presence, is presenting a seminar called “Local University” on Thursday, May 13th at the Westin Edina Galleria. The event will feature representatives from Google, Bing, and respected leaders of the local search marketing field.  The goal of the seminar is to provide business [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 76 at the Minnesota “High Tech” Association

22. April 2010

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The Gang is joined by Rick Mahn, founder of the Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis/St. Paul, for an end-of-the-day podcast at the Minnesota High Tech Association Spring Conference. We talk about the missing “high tech” (e.g., Wifi) at the event and its impact on our ability to publish to this liveblog and other general impressions about [...]

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MHTA 2010 Spring Conference & Minnov8 Liveblog

21. April 2010

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Tomorrow is the Minnesota High Tech Association’s 2010 Spring Conference and the Minnov8 Gang will be liveblogging here. Check us out throughout the day and watch for the hashtag #MHTA10 as you search Twitter. MHTA positions the conference this way: As we enter the second decade of the 21st Century it is time to examine [...]

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MinneWebCon 2010 Liveblogging

11. April 2010

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The Minnov8 Gang will be liveblogging the MinneWebCon event tomorrow all day. With 290 people registered and some awesome keynoters in place, this will be another outstanding event. Please stop by this liveblogging page and watch the real-time updates. You can also email us if you have comments or suggestions.

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