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Minnov8 Gang 151 – Opinions Are Like Donkeys

Saturday, January 7, 2012

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There’s an old saying about people who rant that, “opinions are like a**es…everyone’s got one” and the Gang is no exception, though we like to think our opinions are a bit more informed than the average schmo and that we’re more like somewhat smarter donkeys. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson Music: Jake Lear & [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 147 – Wanna Buy Some Wheat?

Friday, December 2, 2011

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The Gang is down at the CoCoMSP Minneapolis Grain Exchange facility and we talk with Don Ball, co-founder of CoCoMSP and a fun guy. It is always a delight to talk with Don about the future of work, what’s happening at CoCo, and why he actually can’t sell us some wheat anymore (Wikipedia article here: [...]

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Robert Stephens Rocks the #DefragCon Crowd

Sunday, November 13, 2011

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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 [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 145 – Nigel Tufnel Isn’t on Google+?

Friday, November 11, 2011

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It is 11/11/11 so Happy Nigel Tufnel Day! A fictional character in director Rob Reiner’s classic music spoof, This is Spinal Tap, his quotes were a pre-internet, slowly propagating meme which most saw (except Steve). Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Discussed during the show: Defrag 2011; Graeme’s live blog of Defrag [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 144 – Smartphones & SmartScooters?

Friday, November 4, 2011

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A continued acceleration in all things mobile takes an interesting twist this week with a Best Buy VC investment in electric scooters. We then have on a special guest, Lisa Foote, CEO and Co-Founder of MixMobi (Twitter), to give the Gang and you an “update on all things mobile.” Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, and Phil Wilson [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 140 – Heaven is no Apple Store

Saturday, October 8, 2011

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The passing of Apple’s co-founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, overshadowed all other stories of the past week…even Apple’s own introduction of the iPhone 4S. Still, there were numerous things to talk about since the acceleration in technology innovation continues unabated. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda Zapata Music: “Even Meaner” by [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 138 – Fate…or Plus?

Friday, September 23, 2011

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Lots of announcements this week with Facebook f8, Google+ opening up to everyone, and Forbes thinking our hometown technology retail success story, Best Buy, is in trouble. Our guest this week is Ben Theis, Field Marketing Lead for Google in Minnesota (and part of a team of five). He talks about what he’s doing here, [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 133 – OMG! A ‘Feature’ Phone?

Friday, July 29, 2011

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Mobile is changing dramatically and the strategic-level changes are a challenge to stay on top of, which is why we have Lisa Foote on as our guest for this podcast. No one in the Twin Cities is on top of the mobile space like Lisa is, and the Gang did a lot more than our [...]

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast 130 – Tablets, Schmablets

Friday, July 8, 2011

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We talk Google+ and Google’s design changes, bring on our guest, Tom Sweeney, to discuss his startup Visiting Ours, and talk tablets. 2011 was projected by many to be the “year of the tablet” and it’s certainly shaping up to be just that…the year when the dramatic changeover from a PC-centric world to one of [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 128 – Cloud Money

Friday, June 24, 2011

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The 2011 summer acceleration in all-things-tech continues unabated. The Gang discusses the continued explosion in cloud services and how many are driving toward “cloud money” by monetizing their offerings, or offering cloud strategies with the intent of being in-the-game and making money on cloud uses (e.g., Twitter, Best Buy’s Music Cloud, respectively). Hosts: Steve Borsch, [...]

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