Where’s Minnesota 2.0 and Do We Want It?

If you’ve listened to my podcast with Robert Metcalf, you heard that I’d like some TechCrunch-esque profiles of MN-based startups. And, I thought I’d put them here at MNteractive.

As part of that effort, I’ve had a number of conversations with business owners and others interested in making MN-tech entrepreneurs more visible. According to Paul Graham’s How to Be Silicon Valley list via the Accordion Guy, MN has nearly all the attributes - though a few of them need amplified (which is what we’re doing here).

This bit by Dave Winer reminds me of the ultimate purpose of this effort (Replace ‘Toronto’ with ‘Minneapolis/St.Paul/Your Favorite MN City’)

“Please, let’s figure out how Silicon Valley could be more like Toronto. SV is a boring place with a totally shitty attitude, it’s trouble with a capital T. This boom-bust cycle isn’t something I’d wish on a city I hate, and Toronto is such a nice place.”

With that, here’s my current list of local tech/software/internet startups:

Who’d I miss?