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Workface Acquires Card.ly
Entrepreneur and friend of Minnov8, Lief Larson of Workface, Inc and BusinessCard2 in Minneapolis, has leapt forward on his vision to make BusinessCard2 the delivery mechanism to, “…empower business people to create, promote, and broadcast their unique professional persona throughout the internet” by acquiring Card.ly. Any offering like BusinessCard2 requires critical mass to be effective. [...]
Continue reading...Congresswoman Calls for Skype Use?
13. July 2010
UPDATE 7/18/10: If this doesn’t prove the point of this article…nothing does. Security expert Bruce Schneier posts, “Skype’s Cryptography Reverse-Engineered” and if this proves to be true, it would be trivial for rogue nations or eavesdroppers to listen-in on Congressional Skype conversations! In a time when cybersecurity has become the new battleground among nations and [...]
Continue reading...How Many Social Media Day Cards Did You Get?
1. July 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 79: The Facebookers
15. May 2010
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, [...]
Continue reading...Web Innovation Is Everywhere in Minnesota – Even In an Ice Cream Shop!
10. May 2010
A small retailer in St. Paul that’s obsessed with serving its customers has introduced an innovative new convenience for them that would shame even the largest retail giant — and it’s been no less than a year in the making. Izzy’s Ice Cream in St. Paul today announced a service that delivers real-time updates to [...]
Continue reading...The Social Media Revolution is Affecting All of MN
8. May 2010
About one year ago, Erik Qualman, the author of Socialnomics, produced a popular video highlighting the impressive facts and figures about the growing popularity of social media and now has this new one you can watch below… …and if you are in business, any kind of organization or in education, if you can’t see how this is [...]
Continue reading...MinneWebCon: An interview with its director, Kris Layon
26. March 2010
What most of don’t get to do before making a decision to attend an event that costs money is to understand the vision, depth and texture that lies behind a conference. Knowing this helps to determine the level of the sessions, their quality and whether it’s worth your investment of both time and money. MinneWebCon, [...]
Continue reading...Curation Station…Sweeping the Nation?
18. February 2010
Ah, the web… a veritable treasure trove of knowledge, an endless stream of news and information. Actually, it’s more of a flood of facts and opinions that would make even Noah a might uncomfortable. How is the average web surfer to keep up if they want to…let alone the media marketer that must keep up [...]
Continue reading...Visions of Tomorrow, Yesterday
17. February 2010
If you, like I, follow the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) Twitter feed (@MNHS) then you might already have stumbled across an interesting lecture which may also have led you to a delightful St. Paul blog. Stumble indeed. It was pure happenstance that I came across a compelling MNHS lecture called, “History of Hip: Yesterday’s Tomorrow” [...]
Continue reading...Get in Their Shoes: 1:1 Interviews for You
8. February 2010
Wouldn’t it be great to have a chance for a 1:1 mentoring from former Apple evangelist and current VC Guy Kawasaki? Or time with the former CEO of GE, Jack Welch? Or a chance to ask Wired magazine’s Chris Anderson about all the things he sees that might be germane to your startup? Or talk [...]
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