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Minnov8 Gang 169 – Does This Make Me Look Dorky?

18. May 2012

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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 [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 168 – Goober says “Hey!”

12. May 2012

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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 [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 167 – The Mod Squad

5. May 2012

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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 [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 166 – Print Me Some Coffee

28. April 2012

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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 [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 165 – So, Lumia 900, why is your software half-baked?

21. April 2012

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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 [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 164 – One BILLION dollars!?!

14. April 2012

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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 [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 163 – Is Retail Dead?

31. March 2012

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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 [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 162 – N-N-N-Nerds!

24. March 2012

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The Gang heads down to The Nerdery’s Overnight Website Challenge. Our own Tim Elliott, organizer of team “Full Court WordPress“, introduces us to Sherilyn Howes, Associate Director of Youth Performance Company (current website). (Note: The photo above is of teamBIOS, a group that had a suspiciously interesting “tent” setup in the center of their table). [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 161 – Mobilecise!

17. March 2012

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Mobile March is in full swing today and the Gang has on Guy Thier, Chief Information Officer at Bally Total Fitness. Bally is among the largest full-service commercial operators of fitness centers in North America in terms of members, revenues and square footage of its facilities. As CIO, Guy is responsible for creating and executing [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 160 – The de facto ‘Genius Bar’ for Android

10. March 2012

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We are so pleased to have two guests this week: first up is the self-proclaimed “communications passionista“, Mall of America social media expert Lisa Grimm down at the SXSWshow and we get some insight in to her adventure to Texas and that event. Our second guest is none other than Chief Technology Officer of Best [...]

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