MSP on Deck Podcast

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The only deep podcast covering 100% Minnesota, 100% startups, 100% tech. Starring Kathy Grayson, Paul DeBettingies, Casey Allen. Powered by the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal.... more

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How many episodes does MSP on Deck Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.

MSP on Deck Podcast episodes:

December 28, 2017 13 - Maria Ploessl on the road ahead for Minne*, Cargill and Ecolab's Techstars marriage, and local tech hiring will be in 2018
Special Guest: Maria Ploessl, new Director of MinnestarRiffing points
The state of Minne*, present and future
Tech ecosystem observations, good and bad, from Maria Ploessl
Inclusion in the Minnesota technology community
Cargill and Ecolab Techstars launching in Minneapolis in 2018
Priorities, outlooks, and predictions of tech jobs and hiring in 2018
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1h 15min
December 27, 201713 - Maria Ploessl on the road ahead for Minne*, Cargill and Ecolab’s Techstars marriage, and local tech hiring will be in 2018
Special Guest: Maria Ploessl, new Director of Minnestar
Riffing points
The state of Minne*, present and future
Tech ecosystem observations, good and bad, from Maria Ploessl

Inclusion in the Minnesota technology community

Cargill and Ecolab Techstars launching in Minneapolis in 2018

Priorities, outlooks, and predictions of tech jobs and hiring in 2018
...more
1h 15min
December 12, 2017 12 - The most popular tech news stories of 2017 + what big things are in the pipe for 2018?
Riffing points:
The top, most popular tech stories of 2017 get dissected in true geek fashion. We throw out detailed funding, IPO, and recruiting predictions for 2018. Also new announcements for Optum Ventures who formally launched, Revel Health who raised a ton of cash, and WeWork which graced Minneapolis with location #2.
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1h 5min
November 28, 2017 11 - Rob Weber on his new VC firm, building founders from scratch, and what interesting MN startups to buy your holiday gifts from
GUEST: Rob Weber, Great North Labs Venture Fund + Startup School
Riffing points
1. Why Rob is starting a fund rather than doing another startup. For more details on Great North Labs, see: Great North Labs on MSPBJ
2. How Rob and his partner Ryan think about investing and what kind of startups the fund will invest in.
3. Rob's best angel investment ever and his biggest miss.
4. What the startup community needs more of and how Rob is trying to fix that.
5. MN tech startup products that you can buy as holiday presents for colleagues or family:Casey's picks - CooperAndKid.com Trevls.com/gift RelateToday.com
Rob's picks - QFOLabs.com Jamstik.com LocalCrate.com
Paul's pick - Kidizen.com
Kathy's pick - YOXOtoys.com PetChatz.com
6. Follow us at www.twitter.com/mspondeck where we don’t tweet about politics. Ever.
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1h 8min
November 14, 2017 10 - Telsa comes to MN, surprising tech companies you never knew about, the 3 hardest roles to hire for
Riffing points
Is downtown HOT and the suburbs COLD as a place to grow a startup?
Calabrio is blowing up their team in Minneapolis -- for more see story on MSPBJ
The hardest and easiest roles to hire for in a startup right now
A great blog post by Patrick Meenan of Arthur Ventures about recruiting an HR team for startups: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dont-forget-scale-hr-patrick-meenan
Tesla acquires Perbix -- for more, see story on MSPBJ
Casey’s list of crazy MN tech startups you’ve never heard of that do awesome stuff
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50min
November 07, 2017 9 - Techstars' 2nd MN program, Amazon HQ2 substitutions, and why Google coming to town would be good for hiring
Riffing points
1. Techstars is launching a brand new program in Minneapolis in 2018. Find out which huge corporation they’re partnering with
2. If we won’t get Amazon, who would we want?
3. The reason why big tech companies opening offices in MN is actually good for tech companies already here
4. What you missed at TC Startup Week
5. Follow us at www.twitter.com/mspondeck to see the minute a new episode is launched.
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39min
November 06, 2017 9 - Techstars’ 2nd MN program, Amazon HQ2 substitutions, and why Google coming to town would be good for hiring
Riffing points

1. Techstars is launching a brand new program in Minneapolis in 2018. Find out which huge corporation they’re partnering with

2. If we won’t get Amazon, who would we want?

3. The reason why big tech companies opening offices in MN is actually good for tech companies already here

4. What you missed at TC Startup Week

5. Follow us at www.twitter.com/mspondeck to see the minute a new episode is launched.
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39min
October 17, 2017 8 - Jamf Software's monster exit, eBureau is acquired, and the real reason you don't read about more startup news
Riffing points
JAMF was just acquired by Vista Equity Partners -- for more see: news on JAMF’s acquisition
eBureau was just acquired by TransUnion -- for more see: news on eBureau’s acquisition
How to see more quality startup tech coverage in the media
Follow us at www.twitter.com/mspondeck even if you aren't a tweeter. We are.
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45min
October 16, 20178 - Jamf Software’s monster exit, eBureau is acquired, and the real reason you don’t read about more startup news
Riffing points
JAMF was just acquired by Vista Equity Partners -- for more see: news on JAMF’s acquisition

eBureau was just acquired by TransUnion -- for more see: news on eBureau’s acquisition

How to see more quality startup tech coverage in the media

Follow us at www.twitter.com/mspondeck even if you aren't a tweeter. We are.
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45min
October 12, 2017 7 - MN tech unicorns in the making, Chicago tech in contrast, and are startup hubs important?
Riffing points
1. The upside of Bright Health -- for more see: Kathy’s tweet on Fortune’s article listing Bright Health
2. Our picks on Minnesota companies that could be unicorns
3. Mr. DeBettignies goes to Chicago to woo top talent
4. Developers in these U.S. cities are game to move to the Twin Cities
5. Life in Chicago’s tech shadow
6. Startups hubs and the arguments for or against
7. Follow us at www.twitter.com/mspondeck so that you can laugh, cry, and fight all of the tech startup evils in the world with us.
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57min

FAQs about MSP on Deck Podcast:

How many episodes does MSP on Deck Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.