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Robert Stephens Rocks the #DefragCon Crowd

13. November 2011

The 5th Annual Defrag Conference was held November 8-10. 2011, in Denver, and I was there once again reporting on all the action during this much heralded meeting of the Internet’s big minds. One of the highlights this time for me was the keynote on the final day by Robert Stephens, CTO of Best Buy [...]

Workface Integrates Real-Time Engagement with Facebook

1. November 2011

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Our pals at Workface have rolled out yet another great innovation: their chat platform now boasts an integration with Facebook that ensures that your Facebook Page is connected directly with those in your company you want customers and prospects to have access to in an instant. (disclosure: Workface was a client of my Innov8Press group). [...]

Minnesota EduTech Startup KidBlog Now Reaching One Million Users

7. October 2011

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On Wednesday, I stopped into the EduTech Minnesota conference at the U of M. I wanted to catch up with my friends Matt Hardy and Dan Flies, cofounders of Kidblog.org, and hear about the latest with their startup. It turns out, of the 10 startups that were selected to present at the event, none even [...]

Tech Cocktail Mixes It Up In Minneapolis

5. October 2011

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We were really honored to have Tech Cocktail in town last night hosting its first startup and entrepreneurial mixer in Minnesota. The event was held at CoCo Minneapolis (on the floor of the historic Grain Exchange in downtown Minneapolis). I’m here to tell you it was a blockbuster success! More than 200 people were in attendance. [...]

Scalable B2B Platform through Rocware

3. October 2011

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The Minnesota-based SaaS company Rocware has recently released an enhanced B2B platform offering, which allows businesses to create, connect, and intuitively maintain their expansive online product catalogs. This platform allows businesses to seamlessly connect to existing and prospective customers through private invitation, technology features found in traditional social media. This interconnectivity creates an instant conduit [...]

DEMO: Me & My Money

14. September 2011

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Our buddy, Graeme Thickins, is once again live-blogging from DEMO Fall. He seems to cover everything and is the best liveblogger I’ve ever followed, mainly because he is so diligent about placing links within his liveblog as well as within his tweets so it’s easy to go see what and whom he’s talking about in [...]

Interview of startup QONQR (MN Cup Runner-Up, High Tech Division)

10. September 2011

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QONQR started as the winner of the first Twin Cities Startup Weekend in September 2010, a competition in which teams have 48 hours to build a prototype and pitch their business. Since then, QONQR has been accepted into the Demo Track of MidVenturesLAUNCH in Chicago and was a finalist in the Entertainment Category of the [...]

At the Crossroads Neandertals Hooked Up With Us

10. August 2011

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If you’ve paid any attention to the acceleration in human and animal genomics research, the revelations and scientific discoveries are amazing. As someone who has had his DNA analyzed at 23andMe (whose co-founder Anne Wojcicki is married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin), I can tell you first-hand about the absolutely delightful discoveries I’ve made about [...]

Workface Lands $900k in Venture Capital

26. July 2011

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We were delighted to see that friend of Minnov8, Lief Larson and crew, have landed $900k to accelerate their vision of delivering a platform to maximize sales force and customer service engagement for organizations. The Gang has used Workface’ profiles since the beginning and have watched this startup closely as they’ve continued to execute on [...]

Minnesota Cup Honors ‘High Quality’ Crop of Semifinalists

22. June 2011

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I stopped into a reception held last evening at the U of M’s Carlson School for this year’s group of semifinalists in the annual Minnesota Cup. It’s the seventh year of this business plan competition, which has gained broad support from our business community. I had a chance to interview cofounder Scott Litman, who talked [...]

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Robert Stephens Rocks the #DefragCon Crowd

Workface Integrates Real-Time Engagement with Facebook

Minnesota EduTech Startup KidBlog Now Reaching One Million Users

Tech Cocktail Mixes It Up In Minneapolis

Scalable B2B Platform through Rocware

DEMO: Me & My Money

Interview of startup QONQR (MN Cup Runner-Up, High Tech Division)

At the Crossroads Neandertals Hooked Up With Us

Workface Lands $900k in Venture Capital

Minnesota Cup Honors ‘High Quality’ Crop of Semifinalists

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