Cem Erdem (@CemErdem) started one of the first ISPs in MN in ’94, was instrumental in the growth of a dot com start-up 1995-96, created Internet strategy, architecture, infrastructure for a Fortune 500 company 1997-98, lead the e-business division of a consulting company and consulted for small to Fortune 100 companies on e-business vision and …
Even though it was 15 below the morning of our January meeting, we still had a pretty good turn out at the Minneapolis Bootstrapper Breakfast. Here are a couple of things we talked about: We had a guest speaker, Chad Halvorson, CEO of thisClicks. Chad talked about how he built his business and some of …
Aaron Kardell, founder of MobileRealtyApps.com, a hot Minnesota based start-up providing best in class mobile solutions for brokers, agents, and MLSs, will join us this month to share his experience building MobileRealtyApps. Aaron is a successful serial entrepreneur and highly regarded in the Twin Cities tech community. I’m sure he’ll have some great lessons learned …
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Kevin Spreng writes: Joe Sriver (@JAWSriver), the founder of DoApp, will join us this Thursday morning at the Minneapolis Bootstrapper Breakfast. He will tell us a bit about his story and DoApp, it should be an awesome discussion. Before founding DoApp in 2007, Joe worked at Google as its first user interface (UI) designer. He …
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It is the end of summer and if it’s been awhile since you’ve been to Bootstrappers Breakfast meeting, please join us again for some real conversation and invite a friend too, someone who’s interested in learning from the mistakes of others and where ideas are exchanged and notes compared. Here’s what attendees are saying: “Great …
Minneapolis: Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 7:30 AM (register) As suggested by the group, we will have a topic for Minneapolis’ next meeting discussion – Bootstrapping or Just Can’t Raise Money – Is there a Difference? Does it Really Matter? My hope is that through this discussion we will hit on several of the more …
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MINNEAPOLIS, June 5, 2012 — With coffee in hand and tablets, laptops or pens at the ready, technology entrepreneurs in Minneapolis will network, problem-solve and compare notes during a series of Bootstrappers Breakfast® meetings this summer (http://www.meetup.com/Bootstrappers-Breakfast-Minneapolis/). The next Minneapolis Bootstrappers Breakfast will kick off at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, June 28, 2012 at Wilde Roast …
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We are trying an experiment at the Minneapolis Bootstrapper Breakfast with a mobile app to facilitate introductions and view profiles of the attendees sitting around the table. The app has been developed by http://www.linkedin.com/pub/richard-perry/9/62/87b Richard Perry of http://iconnexus.com/ iConnexUS, a regular attendee at the breakfast. Kevin Spreng, the moderator for the Minneapolis breakfasts was interested …
Ever wish you had an app to see what attendees around the table were working on? Read More »
The Office for Technology Commercialization invites you to learn more about emerging software technologies and startup opportunities from the University of Minnesota. Don’t miss a presentation from special guest, University of Minnesota Computer Science Professor, John Riedl, entitled “Motivating Active Participation in Social Media Networks.” The showcase will feature technologies including: Transportation Driver Assistive System: …
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Justin Kaufenberg, CEO and Co-Founder of TST Media, will be joining us this Thursday (August 25th, 2011) to tell us about his entrepreneurial journey. TST just closed a round of financing with El Dorado Ventures but, as Justin said, “that was preceded by a couple of pretty gritty bootstrapping years.” Link to news: http://tech.mn/news/2011/08/22/tst-media-el-dorado-ventures/ Venue: …
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