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. Serendipity came to Minneapolis-St. Parker was a ex Naval Academy graduate and a Minneapolis businessman who owned a glider manufacturing company and was well connected in Washington.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Governments everywhere are looking for ways to increase border security without making the border crossing process more onerous for both the passengers and the people responsible for security. Delta is launching a pilot program in Minneapolis-St. The technology has many advantages over traditional “flash pass” ID verification.

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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. Some food banks saw demand 3-4x normal, just as their volunteer base shrunk due to worries about COVID-19 infection.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The City of Austin operates as a council-manager form of government, where City Council sets the policy and budget and the City Manager implements both. Spencer Cronk is the Minneapolis City Coordinator and previously served as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Administration. Why does the City Manager matter?

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

It will also lead to a massive expansion of government, whose only function will be to try to interpret and unravel an impossibly complex set of new tax rules. Oracle real Application Clusters, Qualys QualysGuard, SAP Business Objects Broadcast Scheduler, SAP Business Objects Crystal Enterprise 8.5, Citrix Presentation Server 4.0,

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

Minneapolis voted to defund but then no one could agree on what that actually meant. If they can’t figure it out in Minneapolis, I’m not quite sure how they’re ever going to figure it out in New York. That’s the thing about someone who is a government systems wonk. Kathryn is exceedingly practical. New Yorkers are hard.

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