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Is Perception the Reality with MN Venture Funding?
All the effort underway to kickstart innovation and entrepreneurial activity ((e.g., MHTA; MNCup; MOJO MN; Minnedemo/Minnebar; Minnov8; tech.mn) is clearly a reaction to the nearly terminal decline of risk taking and venture funding in Minnesota. Wherever there is a vacuum, something will fill it! How true is the perception that Minnesota lacks funding and risk-taking venture capitalists? If you read [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 61: Mobile & the Groovy Kids
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Today’s show covers mobile developments for certain, but we also talk about several other things like yesterday’s Social Media Breakfast (SMBMSP), venture capital in Minnesota, cloud computing initiatives by Visi, and much more. This Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music by Straight 8′s and the tune is, “Ann Bowman” Discussed during the show: [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang Podcast #51: Cloud and the Crowd
Saturday, September 19, 2009
This Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is out in San Diego gearing up for DEMO Fall ’09 and he’ll be liveblogging it here). Music by Excellent Adventure from Music Alley, purveyor of podsafe tunes. Discussed during the show: Strib/WCCO comparison and Tim’s pointing out how the Pioneer Press also “gets it” and [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang Podcast 39: A Conversation with Codemorphic
Saturday, June 13, 2009
The Gang has a great discussion with Bill Heyman, co-founder of Codemorphic, a rock-solid iPhone development shop (based in Eden Prairie) with significant application credibility through their creation of over a dozen apps such as: Public Radio Tuner (#2 in iTunes store, 2M+ downloads, iTunes link) General Mills Betty Crocker Cookbook (iTunes link) Cisco/Linksys Media [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 37
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...Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 36
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...JPMorgan Internet Investment Guide
Thursday, January 29, 2009
For Minnesotans interested in starting up or expanding within the internet space in these challenging economic times, solid financial sector analysis is often difficult to obtain. For anyone who has pitched their idea, concept or business plan, it’s clear how important it is to put oneself in the shoes of investors, venture capitalists and banks [...]
Continue reading...2008 Investor Fraud Traps
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...Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 9
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...Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 7
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson We were absolutely delighted this week to have three very special guests who joined the Gang for a discussion about ‘net and web innovation in Minnesota: - Katharine Grayson: Staff Writer for the Twin Cities Business Journal. Katharine covers the internet and web technology beat for the paper, [...]
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