On Wednesday, I stopped into the EduTech Minnesota conference at the U of M. I wanted to catch up with my friends Matt Hardy and Dan Flies, cofounders of Kidblog.org, and hear about the latest with their startup. It turns out, of the 10 startups that were selected to present at the event, none even [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 8, 2009
On this week’s show we talk about Twitter being down and how people realized they are social media addicts, FanChatter, controversy over iPhone apps being rejected and much more. This Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Discussed during the show: + Twitter down (and Dragnet’s “Blue Boy” LSD episode); FanChatter; Blog comment addition vendors: Echo [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 23, 2009
Our guest this week is Marti Nyman, a senior business development executive with more than 20 years of success in areas within the Energy, Telecommunications, and Consumer Retail sectors, and, most recently, was responsible for the formation and launch of Best Buy’s Venture Capital practice. Nyman, along with serial entrepreneur John Montague, are off on [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 9, 2009
The Gang talks about a meetup with entrepreneur, VC, artist and all-around renaissance man, Gary Smaby, and his spearheading of what’s euphemistically dubbed “the collaboratory”, but is officially an Innovation by Design framework to incubate startups, tap into the University brain-trust, and create a culture of innovation within the University of Minnesota (read more in [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 16, 2009
Minnesota innovation aficionados need look no further than the University of Minnesota campus. A small group of students, lead by Parag Shah, are balancing curriculum with the hunger pangs to invent, create, and deploy. The sum of their team is Mxapp LLC, a mobile marketing company that offers targeted, proximity-based advertising to restaurants, gastronomes, and [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 17, 2009
Unless you’ve been living under a rock in 2008, you’re likely aware that social media use is exploding, as are the number of companies and organizations wanting to market to we users. But both our use of the dizzying array of social media services out there, as well as the tools and solutions for companies [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Nothing happens without a vision. Nothing gets created, built, or moved forward without a vision of an end-state or an outcome. It’s been said that we create and achieve what we focus on — whether that focus is on the positive or on something negative — and if we invest our conscious hours in focusing [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 6, 2008
Whether you’re an angel investor listening to startup pitches or an innovator considering funding sources, now is a time to be extra careful with anything related to money, credit, lending or capital of any kind — especially if you’re a participant in a social or affinity network or if you’re transparent with your blog and [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 4, 2008
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson Based upon feedback we’ve received from you and many other listeners, the Gang is increasing the pace of the show and getting to areas of interest in a tighter show format. In today’s show, a few links mentioned include: + Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) Summit + The [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 27, 2008
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Graeme Thickins, Garrick Van Buren, Phil Wilson Scattered geographically once again, the Gang comes together for another show where we chat about: + Our potential economic meltdown and what it means for internet and web startups and companies + What’s up with Best Buy? We chat about how this behemoth retailer has now suddenly [...]
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