Last Saturday, Mike Bollinger and I moderated a panel discussion at Minnebar focused on the concept of improving Minnesota’s startup community. This session, titled “How Can Minnesota Be Better“, can be viewed in its entirety above with credit to our panelists who generously shared their insights and perspectives. Special thanks to Brett Thoreson for the steady hand and Andrew Frenz for collecting audience questions.
Joel Dahlin, Geoff Dutton and Derrick Shields have collectively summarized the experience. Leave a comment if you have an opinion to share…
MinneBar is an (un)conference aimed at getting those in Minnesota’s tech and design communities together to discuss topics that interest them. This Saturday (5/22) from 9-6, a crowd 500 plus will gather at Best Buy headquarters for one of Minnesota’s premier tech events – now on its fifth evolution.
Mike Bollinger and I will be facilitating/moderating a session focused on the Minnesota startup culture, aptly titled: “How can Minnesota be better?“
“Check your Minnesota nice at the door and break out the alter ego for a candid yet pragmatic conversation about the circumstances surrounding Minnesota’s startup community and (by extension) the future of Minnesota tech. A working framework will explore the concepts of:
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Facilitated by two Minnesota entrepreneurs passionately committed to seeing early-stage Minnesota tech be all that it can be, this session poses one simple question with no easy answer.”
Below are the five hand-picked panelists who will be sharing their unique perspectives on the notion of “improvement”. Are there other local thought leaders, experts, executives, stakeholders and numerous people or parties equally interested in and actively working towards improving Minnesota’s startup culture? Absolutely! This was the best we could do to pull together a diverse and complimentary group of qualified/concerned individuals on such short notice. This session will be held during the second part of the day, likely between 2-5; please indicate your interest here so the organizers can anticipate the demand for this and any other sessions you’re attending. If you have a question for the panel just leave it in the comments or grab us day of 
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