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Startup Visa Bill Introduced
Early Wednesday morning, Sen. John Kerry and Sen. Richard Luger introduced the “Startup Visa Act”, aimed to change the EB-5 visa to allow immigrant entrepreneurs to obtain a visa, if there is funding from a sponsoring VC or angel. This should fuel job growth, as one of the requirements to get the visa is adding 5 jobs [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 66: Flat Is The New Up?
6. February 2010
Is it true that “Flat Is The New Up?” Not if you’re a company just outside St. Cloud, Sartell-based w3i, which is consistently proving that “Up Is The New Up” every quarter through quite impressive and sustained growth. Our guest on this week’s podcast, co-founder Rob Weber (@robertjweber), tells us how they got started and what they’re [...]
Continue reading...Zipnosis: Healthcare On-the-Go
28. January 2010
Zipnosis is a 2008 Minnesota Cup winner (Student category) and a pre-launch healthcare startup in Minneapolis that is zeroing in on the always-on and always-connected generation with a very interesting and potentially disruptive healthcare business model. I sat down this week with founder Jon Pearce to discuss Zipnosis and what they were trying to accomplish. ”When you’re [...]
Continue reading...Swarmcast to Lay Off Half the Company
25. January 2010
Minneapolis-based Swarmcast has been in the business video streaming since 2002, but according to Dan Rayburn at BusinessofVideo.com, they’re laying off half the company: Last week, rumors started circulating that Swarmcast was going out of business and had laid off all of their employees. While the company is not out of business yet, they did make [...]
Continue reading...Minnesota Startup Community: The Time Has Come For Less Talk and More Walk
22. January 2010
“I wonder what the conversations will be like a year from now.” This is a paraphrase of a statement Doug Pollei made at the recent MinneBar hosted by Best Buy, which he said to me at the end of a startup session led by Luke Francl. I heard some folks say how they look forward to [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 63: A Conversation on Cloud Computing
17. January 2010
Talk about cloud computing is on the lips of people from startups to enterprise to the government, and Minnesota has a world-class thought leader right here in our midst. The Minnov8 Gang chatted with George Reese about his perspectives, books, upcoming events, and what he thinks about software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service and how API’s fit in to this [...]
Continue reading...DIY Mobile Coupons with MixMobi
24. September 2009
There’s no doubt that mobile marketing is hot right now and one of the hottest segments is mobile coupons. While there are multiple services providing the design and delivery of those coupons, Kwingo’s Lisa Foote and her partners saw a need for a “do-it-yourself” option for businesses. Enter their new sister company MixMobi. Currently in private [...]
Continue reading...MN Light Rail Gets a New Brain
11. September 2009
Entrepreneurs go with their gut when they see a need and have the skills or moxie to fill it with some innovative technology or approach. When developer Andy Atkinson, a light rail rider, found himself uncertain as to whether his train was on time or when others might be available if he happened to want [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang Podcast #50: A Chat with MNCup’s Dan Mallin
11. September 2009
The Minnesota Cup is an effort to identify, reward and kickstart Minnesota entrepreneurial effort and the Gang is pleased to have its co-founder, Dan Mallin, on the podcast. Dan gives us an overview of what transpired last night (the event at the U of MN where the finalists were announced) and it was quite enlightening. This [...]
Continue reading...FanChatter Goes to the Valley, Tapped by ‘American Idol’ for Startups: Y Combinator
6. August 2009
Here’s a story many in Minnesota have been waiting to hear — including several of you out there in the local developer and ad communities who knew something was up. Yes, our friends at Minneapolis startup FanChatter have finally gone public with what they’ve been doing for the past four months. FanChatter is a site [...]
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25. February 2010
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