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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

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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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank. He told them it was now or never.

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Embracing Your Entrepreneurial Superpower Being Unemployable

Duct Tape Marketing

Every year inbound brings together leaders across business, sales, marketing, customer success, operations, and more. And one of my founders who has an ed tech startup focusing on AI in Minneapolis, he said, let me sit down and let me take the book and let me put it in open AI's design platform and let's see what happens.

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Great Clip’s Online Check-In Service For A Less Hairy Time

YoungUpstarts

Minneapolis-based Great Clips, Inc has launched the industry’s first-ever online check-in service, so those looking to get a fuss-free, convenient hair cut can simply check in for an appointment via the computer or a smartphone. It Is A Big Hairy Deal.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Launching a Food Truck Business

Up and Running

Minneapolis , for example, went from 10 food trucks in the busy downtown area to 87 in just four years. Other possible requirements: You may also need to provide a business plan , menu, standard operating procedures, sampling plan, example of labels and proof of current liability insurance. Its twin city, St. Current DMV registration.

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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

Among other corporate positions in my career, I have been a Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Research Engineer for small private companies, and also some Fortune 500 and even Fortune 10 companies. This bill will NOT affect our company. Moving a manufacturing facility is hard.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

According to a recent interview with Founding Partner Andrew Oved, Reformation invests in SaaS (vertical and application software) and consumer product businesses that have achieved $1M-$5M in annualized revenue, while operating capital efficiently. 20% initial ownership. One third of them are growing over 50% y-o-y. —– TinySeed.

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