Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Minneapolis/St. Just as Silicon Valley’s roots can be traced to innovation in World War II so can Minneapolis/St. Why Minneapolis/St. While it seemed like a good idea and had the Navy’s backing, the founders got turned down for funding by companies, investment bankers and everyone, until they talked to John Parker.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 30, 2019

Prior to joining GatherUp, Weiche worked for 20 years in digital marketing, most recently as COO of Spyder Trap, a digital agency based in Minneapolis. Prior to joining GatherUp, Weiche worked for 20 years in digital marketing, most recently as COO of Spyder Trap, a digital agency based in Minneapolis.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2020

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cars line up at a drive-thru food pantry. How HelpKitchen began The idea for HelpKitchen began with a conversation between Eric Ries and Jeff (founder and CEO of Twilio) and Erica Lawson. Fortunately for all of the founders’ romantic relationships, we automated this in just a few weeks.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Boulder, CO.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Though ThriftyWrench is only available in western Wisconsin currently, they are hoping to expand into the Minneapolis-St. Co-founder, Jon, took some time to share these words with me: How would you explain what you do to somebody’s grandmother? Paul metro area to make sure you are working with the best.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2010

We’ve got a guest post today from Better Than The Van co-founder Todd Hansen. I started BTTV about two years ago as something to do after moving to Austin from Minneapolis. I’d been touring about 8 years and running a record label for about 5.

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