MinneDemo is a ‘geek show and tell’ where local presenters have seven (power point free) minutes to demonstrate their real, working technology products.
Produced by Minne*, the event is Minnesota’s largest and longest running demo experience. Dozens of companies and products have come through MinneDemo over the years; many have tasted success, others not so much.
For those who didn’t catch a ticket, we’ll have a livestream available right here on the homepage starting around 6 when these nine technologies are scheduled to demo in front of a live audience 500 strong:
via News Release:
“Minneapolis, MN — January 5, 2012 —Bannerflow, a Minnesota startup that debuted at MinneDemo in November of 2008, has sold to Swedish company Nordic Factory.
Bannerflow is a SaaS application that helps ad agencies and design firms easily show banner ads to their clients during the creative review process. The company was co-founded by Tom Buchok, owner of web development company buchok.com, and Mike Bollinger, co-founder of TECHdotMN and founder of mobile development agency Livefront. Sam Kirchmeier, also of Livefront, was the lead developer on the project.”
TECHdotMN TV Episode #5 Show Notes:
Monkey Island + Make Rocket Go Now = zyngram
Erik Rorvick from Exosite
Minne* catalysts Luke Francl & Ben Edwards reminisce
Rob Cooley says Optimine is raising series B funding
Mike Palmquist discusses myON Reader from Capstone Digital
**A copy of the livestream from last nights show will be available next week 
MinneDemo is a ‘geek show and tell’ where local presenters have seven power point free minutes to demonstrate their real, working technology products made in Minnesota.
Minne* catalyst Luke Francl says that “up to two more may be added” between now and Thursday’s sold out gathering at UST. As of today, here’s the list of technologies scheduled to demo in front of 500+:
Minne* announced earlier today the original MinneDemo experience is coming back for one more pass before we close the books on 2011.
The events coordinators are tentatively lining-up this fall scene for 6pm on October 6th or 7th, likely at St.Thomas again.
“We’re agile,” remarked catalyst Ben Edwards when pressed for the specifics.
For those unfamiliar, the event is a ‘geek show and tell’ where ten presenters have seven power point-free minutes to demonstrate their real, working technology products made in Minnesota. The application call was made earlier today seeking those interested in a chance to share their projects in front of an audience of hundreds.
By Kari Petrie, St.Cloud Times
“Local entrepreneurs were given just seven minutes Tuesday to present their product and ask for help to build their business during an event at St. Cloud State University.Ten startups presented during MinneDemo, which gives companies seven minutes each to get out the word about their businesses. The event also featured time when participants could network with others in the tech community.
Tuesday was the first time a MinneDemo event has been conducted outside of the Twin Cities. A standing room only crowd of about 200 people gathered at Atwood Memorial Center for the event co-sponsored by Times Media.”
Having previously featured 9/10 of last night’s Minnedemo presenters, today is less on what our audience already knows about these unique Minnesota startups (videos below) and more on cultural impact of last nights big event on Minnesota’s tech community.
Relatively few were paying attention in the beginning when a small group of enthusiasts would gather somewhere like the (then Franklin Ave) Acadia Cafe or Chiang Mai Thai Restaurant to share their budding projects with peers; based on a historical context of the past three alone, one thing is clear: Minnedemo is now on a whole new level.
Behind all the talk about innovation, startups and entrepreneurship in Minnesota are two men who have (modestly) been building the local tech community for years through a series of initiatives culminating under the brand umbrella Minne*.
It started back in 2006 with Minnesota’s first barcamp unconference aka MinneBar, followed by “show and tell” MinneDemo (next up: Jan 13), and more recently the introduction of MinneSpark.
“When we created barcamp, I had no idea what Minne* was going to be…I just thought Minnesota needed a barcamp…and we had one and it was a good time…then Luke Francl and Dan [Grigsby] picked up the Demo events, and it became a number of events and we needed something to support all these things,” says Minne* Catalyst Ben Edwards.
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