TECHdotMN: News about Minnesota Startups

Via News Release

“MINNEAPOLIS (May 17, 2013) – CareWire, Inc. announces that it has tapped key executives to support and advance its mission of harnessing the power of mobile messaging to profoundly improve outcomes and deepen loyalty – one patient at a time.

Ken Saitow, a healthcare industry veteran with over two decades of healthcare consulting experience has assumed the role of President and CEO effective May 1st. Ken has been an Advisor and Board Member to CareWire since September 2012. “We are pleased to have Ken join CareWire in this role and believe his proven leadership skills, depth of healthcare experience and track record of developing solutions for hospitals and health systems will be instrumental in guiding CareWire into the future.” said Scott Danielson, co-founder and outgoing CEO of CareWire.

In addition, Phil Hotchkiss, a four-time start-up veteran with deep business strategy and product development skills will be joining CareWire as Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer.”

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Three months ago, famed Minneapolis startup Wahooly was selected to join the spring class of AngelPad, a San Francisco-based accelerator program.  And by the time they demo this Wednesday night, everything will have changed.

“Angelpad has caused us to re-examine everything,” says  co founder and CEO Dana Severson.  “As we peeled back the layers, it became clear that we could be better at what we set out to do with a different approach.” Sounds like a pivot if there ever was one.

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By Kevin Allenspach, St. Cloud Times

“Eighteen years after launching a business to provide emergency 911 development services for county governments, GeoComm CEO and President Tom Grones has reached a deal to sell majority ownership in his company to Granite Equity Partners.Terms were not announced, but Grones said the transaction involved an exchange of GeoComm stock for shares of Granite Equity’s other holdings, as well as cash and satisfaction of some of GeoComm’s debt.”

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