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It's time for lean philanthropy: a case study

Startup Lessons Learned

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cars line up at a drive-thru food pantry. The model was simple: we’d build a SMS texting tool that matched the food insecure with a free meal from a partner restaurant, all covered by donor dollars. We could build a technical backend that matched food insecure individuals with partner restaurants.

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Retail Reimagined: 9 Trends for the Future of Physical Retail

ConversionXL

Before the pandemic hit, Minnesota brand TC Running had two brick-and-mortar stores and zero ecommerce presence. As we began to experiment with ways to keep that connection alive we knew one thing — we had to find somewhere local that we could partner with, to still offer curbside pickup. That’s where Parkdale Pet Foods came in.

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Turning the microphone over

Startup Lessons Learned

Even now, Target leaders are assembling community members, partners and local officials to help identify what more we can do together and what resources are required to help families, starting right here in Minnesota. That is true now. Since we opened our doors, Target has operated with love and opportunity for all.

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Startup Feature: Security Expert Jay Hart talks Community Safety App MCALERT

The Startup Magazine

And the great thing about MCALERT is that it does not have to integrate with other programs to enhance and improve the organizations we partner with. You no longer have to wait until the 5 o’clock news or social media posts that may or may not reach the right people, to get that picture to the public. Real Community Impact.

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TIME.com Redesign: a Responsive Global News Site | TIME.com

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Latest From Our Partners. The Best Phones and Tablets at CES 2013 Facebook’s Graph Search Is the Future of Facebook Tech Best Inventions of the Year 2012 Playable Zamboni Google Doodle Lets You Become Every Minnesota Kid’s Hero. our partners. Best Phones and Tablets at CES 2013. When the Law Is Worse Than the Crime.

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Two New Techstars Programs – Mobility/Detroit and Techstars++/Mayo Clinic

Feld Thoughts

When I was there in October 2012 with my partners Ryan and Jason to run the Detroit Marathon we talked about the idea of getting more involved there in some way. My partners and I believe that Detroit hit rock bottom around 2012 and in a decade has the potential to be an amazing city once again. I’m fascinated with Detroit.

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Getting Lean in Education – By Getting Out of the Classroom

Steve Blank

Don then recruited Karl Smith from the University of Minnesota to pilot a class of 9 teams made up of STEM educators. Karl recruited a teaching team (Ann McKenna, Chris Swan, Russ Korte, Shawn Jordan, Micah Lande and Bob MacNeal) and Jerry Engel trained them. A transition plan to move the effort forward and bring the innovation to scale.

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