Midwestern Startups: What is Possible?
A round-table discussion facilitated by Luke Francl
What does it mean to create a startup in the Midwest? Is it possible, or should we all just move to Silicon Valley? What kind of companies can succeed here? How do you fund a startup in this region? What can we do to promote tech startups in the Twin Cities?
These are some of the questions I'd like to discuss, along with other people who've started their own companies, or are trying to get going.
Ben and I would also like to talk about some ideas for MinneStart and what we could do to encourage more startups here.
Participants
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Alex Hawkingson, Mural Ventures
Ben Moore, Headmix
Zack Steven, Local Tweeps
Ben Edwards, refactr
Chris Mitra
Greg Daigle
David Quimby
Jon Pearce, Zipnosis
Kelly Heikkila
Chris Moffitt
Matt Albiniak
Pete Jones
Lief Larson, BusinessCard2
Harlan Iverson
Tonu Mikk, GrantFlow
Aaron Weber
Kevin Whinnery (creator of indie student information system Recess - don't be fooled by the shitty homepage, the Flex app is much nicer, aside from the fact that it's Flash)
Kevin Triemstra - Wondering the same thing. Will I be forced to the Silicon Valley (or bust)? See my session: mbioex.com
Nate Kimmons
Andy Johnson
Justin Bacon
Mark Gritter (currently working for my second Silicon Valley startup!)
Mark P. Beckman (have worked for 3 startups and looking for more)
Gangadhar Sulkunte
Scott Ferris
Parag Shah
Aaron Kardell
Jeff Keacher (lived in the Valley for a couple of years, but came back to MN to do a startup)
Breon Nagy
John Mindiola III
Andrew Frenz iUsem ChatWithPros
Cindy Schaller
Darcy Murphy
Norm Orstad
IanFitzpatrick
Justin Porter
Rick Cochrane
James Ostheimer
Adam Evers
Jeremy Lizakowski
Erik Swenson
David Schlenk
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