Tag Archive | "Startups & Developers"
Minnov8 Gang 169 – Does This Make Me Look Dorky?
The Gang is joined by Julio Ojeda-Zapata as our guest host and talk the Facebook IPO, gadgets, travel technology and much more. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata Discussed during the show: TiE Minnesota “Startups & Mentors” Local startup funding report here and Kidblog and Heroic and FanChatter Facebook Raises $16 Billion In Record [...]
Continue reading...Minnebar 2012: Tech Geek-Out Extraordinaire!
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Minnesota’s annual barcamp un-conference, aka Minnebar, returned for a seventh consecutive year on Saturday, April 7, and it was a blockbuster! Held again at Best Buy’s corporate headquarters in Richfield, the event attracted some 1300, the most in its history. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger — and better! A pre-party the night before [...]
Continue reading...Workface Lands $900k in Venture Capital
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
We were delighted to see that friend of Minnov8, Lief Larson and crew, have landed $900k to accelerate their vision of delivering a platform to maximize sales force and customer service engagement for organizations. The Gang has used Workface’ profiles since the beginning and have watched this startup closely as they’ve continued to execute on [...]
Continue reading...Minnesota Cup Honors ‘High Quality’ Crop of Semifinalists
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
I stopped into a reception held last evening at the U of M’s Carlson School for this year’s group of semifinalists in the annual Minnesota Cup. It’s the seventh year of this business plan competition, which has gained broad support from our business community. I had a chance to interview cofounder Scott Litman, who talked [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 121 – Starting the Startup
Friday, April 29, 2011
Without question startups need world-class legal counsel. From choosing what kind of legal entity to use (e.g., S-corp; LLC; LLP) to funding with private equity or debt while also protecting the intellectual property value of the business, it’s always a challenge to find legal representation with a combination of tech-savvy, cutting-edge awareness and trust. New [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 120 – Is the Cloud our Idol?
Friday, April 22, 2011
Now that Amazon’s cloud computing infrastructure had a catastrophic failure this week and Apple was revealed to be storing location data on iPhones and iPads (see: Apple collecting, sharing iPhone users’ precise locations and our Sen Al Franken asking Steve Jobs what’s up), how can we bet our businesses on the cloud and trust that [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 114 – Racing Toward Our Mobile Future
Friday, March 11, 2011
If you pay any attention to technology news you know that we’re racing toward a mobile future that is already changing how we interact with one another, figure out where to eat, how to get the best deal and, in short, how to effectively be connected to the world. Joining us on this episode of [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 111 – The Throng Can’t be Wrong
Friday, February 11, 2011
We talk with Aaron Weber, co-founder of an already successful startup (W3i) and now a new, exciting personalized and social discovery engine called Inveni. We talk with Aaron about this new platform, his recent influx of venture capital (nearly $500K) discussed in this high profile article at Techcrunch, and what’s next. We then shift our [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 98 – Who Needs Money?
Friday, October 15, 2010
The Gang covers a lot of topics on this show but primarily focuses on money. Who needs it? Hosts: Steve Borsch, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson (Tim Elliott is off this week). Music: Scott McLean & his song “Big White Limousine” via the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed During the Show: + Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke just announced the [...]
Continue reading...LiveBlog: “MN Venture & Finance Conference” – 10/14/2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The Minnesota Venture & Finance Conference, co-hosted by the Minnesota Venture Capital Association and The Collaborative, is being held at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Thursday, October 14. I’ll be in attendance all day live-blogging the event, right here, starting at 7:45 am when the program begins. For the latest official agenda, click here. Initially, [...]
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