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Minnov8 Gang 126 – iShivani at Apple’s WWDC

10. June 2011

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 [...]

Minnesota ‘Brand Storyteller’ Changes Name to Brandpoint

14. March 2011

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Hopkins-based ARAcontent, which has been a leader in content-based marketing solutions for more than 15 years, announced today it has changed its name to Brandpoint, underscoring the organization’s evolution from a provider of traditional PR brand storytelling into a comprehensive, content-based digital marketing platform. Brandpoint offers three core product channels, each enhanced by accurate, real-time [...]

Contour Innovations Made GPS Magic in a Basement

25. February 2011

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Two entrepreneur’s, Mike Lauenstein and Matt Johnson of Contour Innovations, have spent the last two years in stealth mode (building in Mike’s basement offices) inventing a patent pending technology that provides a unique sonar recorder Platform with a wide range of applications for recreational fishermen, research groups, fishing guides, and other geospatial technologies. When we grabbed coffee [...]

MHTA Welcomes New President and CEO

27. January 2011

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The Dorsey Whitney law firm hosted a meet and greet to welcome incoming Minnesota High Tech Association President and CEO Margaret Anderson Kelliher. If attendees were looking for specifics on how her leadership will impact the organization in the future, they were disappointed…and probably expecting too much. This was clearly more of a get acquainted [...]

Summit Showcases Senator’s Innovation Agenda

19. January 2011

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Senator Amy Klobuchar was in Minneapolis for what was billed as an Innovation Summit at the University of Minnesota on Tuesday. According to the Senator’s office, the summit was an opportunity to share information about how the public and private sectors can team up to strengthen the economy by revitalizing American innovation and promoting products [...]

Minnedemo Screams Diverse Developer Community

14. January 2011

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The folks at Minne* put on another solid showcase of Minnesota innovation at the latest Minnedemo on Thursday night. Ben Edwards, Luke Francl and the latest addition to the team, Adrienne Peirce, kicked off the event with the promise of “a Minnedemo in the spring and another couple Minnedemos” this year. There was even talk [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 126 – iShivani at Apple’s WWDC

MoFo ‘Magazine’

Code 42 Gets a Dose of Awesome

Minnov8 Gang 120 – Is the Cloud our Idol?

TST Media Takes Top Honors at Web Challenge

Minnesota ‘Brand Storyteller’ Changes Name to Brandpoint

Contour Innovations Made GPS Magic in a Basement

MHTA Welcomes New President and CEO

Summit Showcases Senator’s Innovation Agenda

Minnedemo Screams Diverse Developer Community

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