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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 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 79: The Facebookers

Saturday, May 15, 2010

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The Facebook privacy controversy continues to heat up. In fact, as of May 2010, the Better Business Bureau gave Facebook a D rating, stating “We have enough concerns about this company (for example, their offer, customer complaints, advertising, etc.) that we recommend caution in doing business with it.” To bring another perspective in to the podcast, [...]

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Web Innovation Is Everywhere in Minnesota – Even In an Ice Cream Shop!

Monday, May 10, 2010

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A small retailer in St. Paul that’s obsessed with serving its customers has introduced an innovative new convenience for them that would shame even the largest retail giant — and it’s been no less than a year in the making.  Izzy’s Ice Cream in St. Paul today announced a service that delivers real-time updates to [...]

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Newsbytes for Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

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Newsbytes is a collection of links to articles and posts from around the ‘net of interest to Minnov8 readers: Apple sells 1 million iPads in 28 days. Took iPhone 74 days. Plus, Minnesota-based analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray estimated that Apple sold about 300,000 units over the weekend, similar to the 300,000 Apple sold [...]

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Alvenda Bags $5 Million in VC

Sunday, January 17, 2010

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Just as we headed into the weekend, day before yesterday, the anticipated news broke that formally identified the Minnesota firm that’s funding local ecommerce technology startup Alvenda.  I had been picking up rumblings of hiring in the suite of offices at 12th and Marquette that Alvenda shares with two other tech firms.  I guess we [...]

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FanChatter Goes to the Valley, Tapped by ‘American Idol’ for Startups: Y Combinator

Thursday, August 6, 2009

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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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