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Good Resources from Rasmussen College

14. July 2011

Here’s a resource that was brought to our attention and is one you might find useful. Founded in 1900, Rasmussen College is a premier provider of educational experiences, dedicated to the growth and development of its students, employees, and the communities it serves. Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, Rasmussen College offers Bachelor’s and Associate’s [...]

An Entrepreneur’s Expert Guidance Group

14. July 2011

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A top level recruiter I know, Kevin Spanbauer, has teamed with a number of other movers and shakers in Minnesota to form a group called, “Minnesota Emerging Software Advisory (MESA)” This non-profit mentoring organization is comprised of C-level software and information technology veterans with strong local business roots. They have come together to help spark [...]

Where’s Minnesota?

24. June 2011

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Hey Minnesotans…time to take big, calculated risks. To use a baseball metaphor we need to forget about bunting to get to one base and instead start swingin’ for the fences. Budget shortfalls are slamming many states like Minnesota due to revenue shortfalls and a reduction in federal money. Fortunately there are some states where the [...]

Project Skyway Boot-Camp Weekend…Wow!

13. June 2011

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Project Skyway Boot-Camp weekend was held this past weekend (June 10-12) at CoCoMSP’s downtown St. Paul location. Curt Prins was one of the mentor/judges and asked me to join him in the sales and marketing group for the roundtable sessions. I must say I came away with an even deeper appreciation for the talent, energy [...]

Minnesota Cup Semi-Finalists Announced

13. June 2011

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The Minnesota Cup announced their nearly 50 semi-finalists today! These semi-finalists were selected and announced this morning out of more than 1,000 aspiring entrepreneurs who participated in the 2011 competition. Judging the first round entries was challenging as the overall quality of entries was excellent. 47 of the best and most innovative business ideas will now [...]

Minnov8 Gang 126 – iShivani at Apple’s WWDC

10. June 2011

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The Gang chats with Shivani Khanna (LinkedIn; Twitter), Software Development Manager at W3i, who was at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) this week and is reporting on what transpired, what she thought about key announcements, and more. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music: “Sugar Rush” by Beau Hall via the podsafe Music [...]

MoFo ‘Magazine’

8. June 2011

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Always on the hunt for resources we can share with our Minnov8 readership, I thought I’d offer you something I received via email today from a PR firm for the law firm of Morrison & Foerster, a global intellectual property firm. While good, whoever sent this out doesn’t “get” the fact that we’re in a new [...]

Code 42 Gets a Dose of Awesome

2. June 2011

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During our podcast from Minnebar with Code 42‘s CEO Matthew Dornquast a few weeks back we talked at length about the coming together of Code 42 and Recursive Awesome. Well it’s official. While the press release indicates both an acquisition and a merger, Recursive Awesome co-founder, Justin Grammens (and, in the interest of full disclosure, partner [...]

Minnov8 Gang 120 – Is the Cloud our Idol?

22. April 2011

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Now that Amazon’s cloud computing infrastructure had a catastrophic failure this week and Apple was revealed to be storing location data on iPhones and iPads (see: Apple collecting, sharing iPhone users’ precise locations and our Sen Al Franken asking Steve Jobs what’s up), how can we bet our businesses on the cloud and trust that [...]

TST Media Takes Top Honors at Web Challenge

27. March 2011

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After 24 hours of meeting, planning coding, creating, and general all around geeky fun, TST Media was selected as the winner of the Nerdery’s annual Overnight Website Challenge. Built on their NGIN platform, currently finding great success with organizations big and small, the Bloomington United for Youth (BUY) site is already live. We’re also happy [...]

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