Is Minnesota successful in entrepreneurship?

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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...]

Minnesota Cup Application Process Now Open

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The ninth annual Minnesota Cup competition - the largest statewide new venture competition in the country - will close its application window on May 17 at 11:59 p.m. Entrepreneurs, inventors and small businesses have two weeks to enter their breakthrough business ideas on … [Read more...]

Launch a Start-up With U of MN Tech

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This just in from Minnesota Cup: Entrepreneurs and business executives are invited to a free entrepreneur event hosted by the University of Minnesota - Office for Technology Commercialization (OTC).  The purpose of this event is to educate local entrepreneurs on how to … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 136 – Pedal to the Metal

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This past summer amazed the Gang in how there has been a constant and continuing stream of new announcements, mergers and acquisitions, and major battles in the mobile space. We discuss this and much more in this week's podcast. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil … [Read more...]

Interview of startup QONQR (MN Cup Runner-Up, High Tech Division)

QONQR started as the winner of the first Twin Cities Startup Weekend in September 2010, a competition in which teams have 48 hours to build a prototype and pitch their business. Since then, QONQR has been accepted into the Demo Track of MidVenturesLAUNCH in Chicago and was a … [Read more...]

EarthClean Takes the MN Cup!

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Last night, EarthClean, a Minneapolis-based start-up that makes an environmentally friendly fire retardant, was named “Minnesota’s Top Breakthrough Business Idea” and honored for its innovative business concept. Area business leaders and investors selected EarthClean … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 83: Innovation is Accelerating

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The Gang covers much of what happened this past week in innovation, specifically surrounding the Minnesota Cup, Unsummit, iPhone 4 introduction and we even discussed an infamous news item, the ICANN authorization of the new ".xxx" top level domain. Show Hosts: Steve … [Read more...]

MN Cup Announces Semi-Finalists

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Out of a field of 1,000 participants from around the State, 48 of them have been chosen as semi-finalists to enter the next phase of the competition. If you don't know the Minnesota Cup, it,  "...presents entrepreneurs and start-up companies with a unique opportunity in … [Read more...]

Sharpen Up Those Business Plans! The ‘Minnesota Cup’ Deadline Is May 22

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Attention all Minnesota startups and would-be startups: only a short time remains to enter the statewide business-plan competition known as The Minnesota Cup -- applications are due Friday, May 22, 2009. Now in its fifth year, the competition is bigger and better in 2009, … [Read more...]