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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...Minnesota Cup Announces Finalists
19. August 2010
This just in from the folks at the Minnesota Cup, a phenomenal event for startup Minnesota: “The Minnesota Cup is a statewide entrepreneurial contest that seeks out and supports Minnesota’s newest and most innovative business ideas, today announced the finalists for the 6th Annual Minnesota Cup competition. Finalists include a company that is developing the [...]
Continue reading...The Joy of Infiltration Champions Open Game Development
15. July 2010
The mind of Zach Johnson is an interesting place. While much of it remains unexplored it’s filled with plenty of ideas, projects and fun. We last talked with Zach about Scribbls, a great site where doodles can give birth to hilarious results that he and his Watermelon Sauce partner Paul Armstrong developed. His most recent [...]
Continue reading...Method Patents: Good or Bad?
15. July 2010
Let’s say you’ve founded a startup and think you have a completely original idea no one has thought of before with new approaches to the way an old process works. You might then think all you have to do is patent that process and you can achieve the protection patenting is all about: excluding others [...]
Continue reading...MentorMate: Turning Vision in to Software
7. July 2010
One of the most challenging things to do as a startup, entrepreneur, or any leader looking to manifest a vision or outcome in software, is finding a trusted partner with whom to turn that vision in to reality. MentorMate, a mobile, application & web software development company in Minneapolis, does this sort of work all [...]
Continue reading...Minnesota Cup Semifinal Kickoff
23. June 2010
Last night’s turnout at the James J. Hill Library for the Minnesota Cup Semifinalist kickoff was impressive and quite large for an event of its kind. In attendance were 125-140 entrepreneurs, investors, sponsors, MN Cup judges and those of us covering the event (Minnov8 and tech.mn) as well as the people who were the entire [...]
Continue reading...OnCorps Reports: A MN Success Story
10. June 2010
While running strategic alliances at Lawson Software back in 2005, I met a woman named Catherine Settanni who was actively involved in digital literacy and a true advocate for ensuring that as many people as possible had access to the internet. Her leadership in the AmeriCorps Community Techology Empowerment Project (C-CAN) and its focused community [...]
Continue reading...Lost in Minneapolis Skyways? FrypanDigital Has Your Lifeline
9. June 2010
FryPanDigital, a startup that intends to create “tasty apps” was founded by, “…two dudes who know nothing about application development, but wanted to try super hard to kick out an iPhone app.” These two have succeeded in “kicking out an app” and have released their new, free Minneapolis Skyway app for iPhone (their blog; iTunes link). [...]
Continue reading...Workface Presents at AlwaysOn
22. April 2010
For more than two years, Minnov8 has monitored the progress of Workface and founder/CEO Lief Larson. Especially the continued evolution of BusinessCard2, a technology which you can see a part of if you click on the tab on the right side of your browser. Besides being a good guy and friend of Minnov8, Lief is [...]
Continue reading...DoApp Signs L.A. Newspaper Group to Mobile Local News Publishing Platform
13. April 2010
DoApp Inc., the Rochester-based mobile development company behind such apps as WCCO for iPhone, Mobile Local News, iKenex for Real Estate, Adagogo mobile advertising, and mRemedy, a partnership between The Mayo Clinic and DoApp, just nnounced their Mobile Local News publishing platform has signed the Los Angeles Newspaper Group (LANG). LANG properties include: Los Angeles [...]
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