Sharpen Up Those Business Plans! The ‘Minnesota Cup’ Deadline Is May 22
Attention all Minnesota startups and would-be startups: only a short time remains to enter the statewide business-plan competition known as The Minnesota Cup — applications are due Friday, May 22,...
View ArticleMN Cup Announces Semi-Finalists
Out of a field of 1,000 participants from around the State, 48 of them have been chosen as semi-finalists to enter the next phase of the competition. If you don’t know the Minnesota Cup, it,...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 83: Innovation is Accelerating
The Gang covers much of what happened this past week in innovation, specifically surrounding the Minnesota Cup, Unsummit, iPhone 4 introduction and we even discussed an infamous news item, the ICANN...
View ArticleEarthClean Takes the MN Cup!
Last night, EarthClean, a Minneapolis-based start-up that makes an environmentally friendly fire retardant, was named “Minnesota’s Top Breakthrough Business Idea” and honored for its innovative...
View ArticleInterview of startup QONQR (MN Cup Runner-Up, High Tech Division)
QONQR started as the winner of the first Twin Cities Startup Weekend in September 2010, a competition in which teams have 48 hours to build a prototype and pitch their business. Since then, QONQR has...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 136 – Pedal to the Metal
This past summer amazed the Gang in how there has been a constant and continuing stream of new announcements, mergers and acquisitions, and major battles in the mobile space. We discuss this and much...
View ArticleLaunch a Start-up With U of MN Tech
This just in from Minnesota Cup: Entrepreneurs and business executives are invited to a free entrepreneur event hosted by the University of Minnesota – Office for Technology Commercialization (OTC)....
View ArticleMinnesota Cup Application Process Now Open
The ninth annual Minnesota Cup competition – the largest statewide new venture competition in the country – will close its application window on May 17 at 11:59 p.m. Entrepreneurs, inventors and small...
View ArticleIs Minnesota successful in entrepreneurship?
Good story at MinnPost by Scott Litman, co-founder and Managing Partner of Magnet 360 (@scottmagnet) and co-founder of Minnesota Cup, and John Stavig, Director of the Gary S. Holmes Center for...
View ArticleMN Cup & Treehouse Health – Free Event
You are invited to join Minnesota Cup, and other key organizations, at TreeHouse Health on September 16, 4:30-7:30 pm, for refreshments and a practical discussion on fundraising and intellectual...
View ArticleMN Cup is Now Accepting Applications
MN Cup – the largest statewide new venture program in the country – is now accepting applications for its 11th competition. MN Cup is the premier resource for Minnesota entrepreneurs. They support...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 329 – #IAmMNTech
This week’s show has two bonus guests: our guest host, Julio Ojeda-Zapata, and our guest Nick Roseth. The former has unique perspectives on the tech stories covered and the latter has an exciting new...
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