There’s an old saying about people who rant that, “opinions are like a**es…everyone’s got one” and the Gang is no exception, though we like to think our opinions are a bit more informed than the average schmo and that we’re more like somewhat smarter donkeys.
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: Jake Lear & their song “Kiss Me” from the podsafe Music Alley.
The Podcast
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Discussed during the show:
- Best Buy gets slammed in Forbes
- Best Buy CEO Defends Himself Against Reports That His Company Is Slowly Dying
- Brian’s Whiteboard (Best Buy CEO’s blog) direct link
- Bloomberg story says Best Buy is a buyout candidate
- Best Buy reacts to price-checking smartphone app
- For Best Buy, holidays were good enough (Star Tribune)
- Apple to open new store-within-a-store outlets inside Target this year
- Why The Movie Industry Can’t Innovate and the Result is SOPA (by Steve Blank via Forbes)
- Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Preview of Minnesota companies
- Wired’s CES Preview
- U.S. House’s Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Senate’s Protect IP Act (PIPA)
Upcoming Events:
- Friday, January 13th: Club Entrepreneur, 11:30am-1:00pm, Minneapolis Club. (Speaker: Mary Meehan, Cofounder, Panoramix Global)
- Thursday, January 16th: MinneDemo at 6:00 pm, Schulze Hall, University of St. Thomas (registration…but it’s sold out).
- Saturday, January 21st: Thomson Reuters Tech Event
- Thursday, January 26th: WordPressMSP, at The Nerdery in Bloomington.
- Friday/Saturday, March 16th & 17th: Mobile March TC. Location TBD.