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...
View ArticleSharpen 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...
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