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Minnesota ‘Brand Storyteller’ Changes Name to Brandpoint

14. March 2011

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 [...]

Best Buy “On” Officially Debuts

6. January 2011

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Though we’ve been aware of this “Best Buy On” adventure for some time, this week Advertising Age reported that Best Buy company had officially rolled it out saying that it is, “…a multichannel network filled with original editorial content spanning everything from how-to videos and gift guides to new-technology primers and behind-the-scenes looks at popular [...]

Startup Spotlight: Drivetrain

9. December 2010

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Minnesota, developer, entrepreneur, and tech catalyst, Dan Grigsby, has joined forces with Tom Brice and Pete Schwamb to launch a mobile, social and web application development agency. Drivetrain’s kick off event was held at Pizza Luce in Minneapolis. In a unique approach the launch party went beyond the normal “all about us” agenda, that any [...]

Waiting for a Better Price Before Purchasing at Best Buy? Now You Don’t Have to – There’s an App for That

2. December 2010

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Ever been burned buying a consumer electronics product right before a price reduction and wished you’d have waited? Or, how many times have you been burned and not even known it? Now there’s a solution for both these problems: it’s called Gazaro Protect. Gazaro is a company that’s been developing a cloud-based, realtime retail pricing [...]

MNAMA Event Looks at Digital Marketing Trends

1. December 2010

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At a recent Minnesota-American Marketing Association event Rick Mathieson, author of “The On-Demand Brand” talked about the future of digital marketing. The group that had gathered at Vic’s in Minneapolis listened as Rick highlighted his 5 trends to look for in 2011. While Rick may be a bit aggressive with how far some of the [...]

Losing a Friend You May Have Never Known

2. November 2010

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Today we received the sad news that after much searching the wreckage of a small plane carrying Luke Bucklin and his sons, Nick, Nate, and Noah was found with no survivors. We, along with the rest of the technology community, friends and family are deeply saddened by this loss and send our prayers and condolences [...]

Archive | Innovation RSS feed for this section

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

Best Buy “On” Officially Debuts

Startup Spotlight: Drivetrain

Waiting for a Better Price Before Purchasing at Best Buy? Now You Don’t Have to – There’s an App for That

MNAMA Event Looks at Digital Marketing Trends

Losing a Friend You May Have Never Known

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