Showcasing Minnesota Technology Innovation
Good story at MinnPost by Scott Litman, co-founder and Managing Partner of Magnet 360 (@scottmagnet) and co-founder of Minnesota Cup, and John Stavig, Director of the Gary S. Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship, Carlson School of Management (@gooddrjds). Minnesota has … [Read more...]
You will be hearing A LOT about "The Internet of Things" or "The Internet of Everything" or "Industrial Internet" this year and next. But it was this month's Wired magazine who devoted the issue's cover story to "Welcome to the Programmable World." It starts off with a focus … [Read more...]
Minneapolis-based Spark Devices today launched a new project on Kickstarter in a major reboot of the company. The new Kickstarter comes as the cofounders are about to complete an accelerator program in China called HAXLR8R ("hack-celerator" - get it?). It's described as "a … [Read more...]
Some pretty amazing tech entrepreneurs come out of Minnesota. I can attest, as I've worked with way more than one hundred of them, and written about my fair share. Colin Karpfinger is an excellent example, one whose story inspired me to want to tell more people about … [Read more...]
News broke today about the founding of a new venture capital firm composed mainly of Minnesota names, including partners from a VC firm with a name familiar to many here in Minnesota that is now being retired. Four Minnesotans, plus a transplanted one, form the core of the … [Read more...]
Last evening about two dozen people showed up at the SmartThings office. It was the first rollout of 'kits' we'd pre-ordered through their Kickstarter funding adventure and I was pleased to have been chosen to attend and get my kit, even though I'm not a developer. A … [Read more...]
The hallmark of successful entrepreneurs is seeing a need and filling it. The other behavior of those entrepreneurs is, if something isn't working or gaining enough traction in the marketplace, than go ahead and try another approach or maybe even build a completely different … [Read more...]
SmartThings, the Minnesota startup focused on the "internet of things" with its smart hub and connected devices, has announced they have closed a $3M seed round. One of the key aspects of SmartThings' value proposition is their API and developer-centric positioning. So … [Read more...]
Maybe you caught the talk by the Kickstarter cofounder at the Walker Art Center the other night? If so, perhaps you ran into one of the team members of Minneapolis-based startup QFO Labs -- the latest Minnesota product gurus to launch an ambitious project on … [Read more...]
"By 2015, more people will access the Internet from mobile devices than from conventional PCs. A year later, in 2016, 19 billion devices and gizmos will be connected to the mobile Internet -- not just your smartphone and tablet, but your washing machine, cars and clothes … [Read more...]
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