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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 [...]

Minnesota Cup Honors ‘High Quality’ Crop of Semifinalists

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

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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 [...]

Minnov8 Gang 121 – Starting the Startup

Friday, April 29, 2011

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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 [...]

Minnov8 Gang 120 – Is the Cloud our Idol?

Friday, April 22, 2011

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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 [...]

Minnov8 Gang 114 – Racing Toward Our Mobile Future

Friday, March 11, 2011

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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 [...]

Minnov8 Gang 111 – The Throng Can’t be Wrong

Friday, February 11, 2011

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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 [...]

Minnov8 Gang 98 – Who Needs Money?

Friday, October 15, 2010

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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 [...]

LiveBlog: “MN Venture & Finance Conference” – 10/14/2010

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

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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, [...]

In Its 24th Year, Venture Conference Asks If Minnesota Has ‘Lost It’

Sunday, October 10, 2010

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We’ll find out Thursday, because I’ll be there to live-blog it all: the proceedings of the annual Minnesota Venture & Finance Conference at the Minneapolis Convention Center, co-hosted as always by the Minnesota Venture Capital Association and The Collaborative. The blue-suit crowd will turn out once more to hash over where, oh, where is venture [...]

Startup Succession Planning

Friday, August 27, 2010

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A survey of over 140 North American CEOs revealed that nearly half of their companies do not have a succession plan: While 69% of respondents think that a CEO successor needs to be “ready now” to step into the shoes of the departing CEO, only 54% are grooming an executive for this position. Part of [...]

Tag Archive | "Startups & Developers"

Workface Lands $900k in Venture Capital

Minnesota Cup Honors ‘High Quality’ Crop of Semifinalists

Minnov8 Gang 121 – Starting the Startup

Minnov8 Gang 120 – Is the Cloud our Idol?

Minnov8 Gang 114 – Racing Toward Our Mobile Future

Minnov8 Gang 111 – The Throng Can’t be Wrong

Minnov8 Gang 98 – Who Needs Money?

LiveBlog: “MN Venture & Finance Conference” – 10/14/2010

In Its 24th Year, Venture Conference Asks If Minnesota Has ‘Lost It’

Startup Succession Planning

Minnov8 Gang Podcast

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