Monthly Archives: March 2012

EO Rally A Huge Success

March 21 in CoCo, Entrepreneur Rally, entrepreneurship, EO Rally, Minneapolis Grain Exchange, Minnesota Technology, Project Skyway, Project Skyway Captains, tech accelerator by admin | No Comments

The EO Entrepreneurs Rally held on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at CoCo Minneapolis was a huge success. The evening started with Mentorlab, in which 180 entrepreneurs and over 60 mentors consisting of Project Skyway Captains, EO members and EO sponsors participated.  

Over 350 people attended the networking portion of the evening, which was highlighted by Ido Leffler’s keynote speech.  During his entertaining presentation Ido spoke about the many challenges he was able to overcome early on in his life and when launching his company Yes-to-Inc.

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Check out photos from the evening’s festivities.

View Cem Erdem’s speech at the rally.

Watch interviews and coverage of the event from Tech{dot}MN

TECHdotMN TV: EO Rally | Segal, Halvorson, Fenner, Nash from TECHdotMN on Vimeo.

TECHdotMN TV: EO Rally | Justin Kaufenberg from TECHdotMN on Vimeo.

TECHdotMN TV: EO Rally | Parag Shah from TECHdotMN on Vimeo.

Meet the Project Skyway Spring 2012 Skywalkers

March 2 in CoCo, Contenders, entrepreneurship, Project Skyway, tech accelerator, Tech.mn by admin | No Comments

We are proud to announce the final companies (Skywalkers) selected to participate in our Spring 2012 three-month cycle beginning on March 5, 2012 at CoCo Minneapolis.

View the announcement of the Spring 2012 Cycle participants along with Cem and Casey’s interview with Jeff Pesek of Tech.MN

TECHdotMN TV 2.6: Headlines + Project Skyway from TECHdotMN on Vimeo.

 

Meet The Project Skyway 2012 Spring Cycle Participants:

PoliticalHarmony: (MN) Online tool that helps voters choose the right candidates and also serves as a polling platform for campaigns to reach hard-to-poll voters.From: Minnesota. Entrepreneurs: Kyle Welliver, Kevin Walker, Tyler Kent.

 

 

 

Energy Resource Insights: (MN) WestLaw for the energy space. The only aggregator of data from thousands of fragmented reports into one central database that can be accessed by consultants, agencies, and companies that require current info on regional energy programs. From: Minnesota. Entrepreneur: Mark Brown.

 

 

 

HypeSpark: (WI) Endorse your favorite brands via social media and earn rewards and freebies. From: Wisconsin. Entrepreneurs: Peter Kostka, Matthew Lea, Andre Gagnon.

 

 

 

YumZing: Yelp for menu items, not just the restaurant. Consumers discover and share the best dishes, coffees, and drinks in town while restaurants can promote the menu items that they want to be best known for. From: Connecticut. Entrepreneur: Jolina Lee.

 

 

Join us on March 13th for the Entrepreneur’s Rally Presented by Entrepreneurs’ Organization Minnesota.

Check out the flyer here or register now at http://tempotickets.com/entrepreneursrally