How Project Skyway Will Be Different
Accelerator Programs such as Y-Combinator (Silicon Valley) and TechStars (Boston, Boulder, NY, Seattle) have in many ways taken on the role of VC firms to help mentor emerging tech companies develop...
View ArticleStartup Weekend Twin Cities Part II
Despite the lamenting by some on the lack of a startup community here in the Twin Cities, events such as Startup Weekend being held this weekend (Nov. 19-21) prove otherwise. This is the second Startup...
View ArticleThe Project Skyway Community Continues to Grow
It has been a little over two months since Cem Erdem outlined his vision for launching the first tech accelerator program here in Minnesota called Project Skyway. Since then the Twin Cities Startup...
View ArticleYou know what’s really cool?
In the recent hit movie “Social Network,” Justin Timberlake’s character (Sean Parker) uttered the now classic line, “A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars.” While there...
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Why the Term Incubator Needs to Die
The startup incubator of 10 years ago was about as natural as alien incubators. In 1996 a skinny, hyperactive, successful tech geek named Bill Gross started IdeaLab in Pasadena, CA. He dubbed it an...
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How to Be a Player in a Startup Community
MinneBar Spring 2010 Part I from Joel Dahlin on Vimeo. I’m constantly astounded at how many tech entrepreneurs I meet that are out there cranking away on a service or product but haven’t heard of some...
View ArticleAnnouncing Founders & Funders @ CoCo
Are you a high-flying, amazing B2B startup in the process of still figuring things out? Of course you are. So wisen up and talk to some folks that might be able to give you a little guidance and...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs Rally II Brings Together Twin Cities Tech Entrepreneurs and...
The Entrepreneurs Rally II, which was recently held on Tuesday, March, 12 2013 at Aria in downtown Minneapolis, was another big success. Over 170 entrepreneurs and over 60 mentors participated in this...
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