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- 13 - Maria Ploessl on the road ahead for Minne*, Cargill and Ecolab's Techstars marriage, and local tech hiring will be in 2018Special Guest: Maria Ploessl, new Director of MinnestarRiffing pointsThe state of Minne*, present and futureTech ecosystem observations, good and bad, from Maria PloesslInclusion in the Minnesota technology communityCargill and Ecolab Techstars launching in Minneapolis in 2018Priorities, outlooks, and predictions of tech jobs and hiring in 20181 hr 15 min
- 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 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
1 hr 15 min - 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 #2.1 hr 5 min
- 11 - Rob Weber on his new VC firm, building founders from scratch, and what interesting MN startups to buy your holiday gifts fromGUEST: Rob Weber, Great North Labs Venture Fund + Startup SchoolRiffing points1. Why Rob is starting a fund rather than doing another startup. For more details on Great North Labs, see: Great North Labs on MSPBJ2. 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.comRob's picks - QFOLabs.com Jamstik.com LocalCrate.comPaul's pick - Kidizen.comKathy's pick - YOXOtoys.com PetChatz.com6. Follow us at www.twitter.com/mspondeck where we don’t tweet about politics. Ever.1 hr 8 min
- 10 - Telsa comes to MN, surprising tech companies you never knew about, the 3 hardest roles to hire forRiffing pointsIs 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 MSPBJThe hardest and easiest roles to hire for in a startup right nowA 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-meenanTesla acquires Perbix -- for more, see story on MSPBJCasey’s list of crazy MN tech startups you’ve never heard of that do awesome stuff50 min
- 9 - Techstars' 2nd MN program, Amazon HQ2 substitutions, and why Google coming to town would be good for hiringRiffing points1. Techstars is launching a brand new program in Minneapolis in 2018. Find out which huge corporation they’re partnering with2. 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 here4. What you missed at TC Startup Week5. Follow us at www.twitter.com/mspondeck to see the minute a new episode is launched.39 min
- 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.
39 min - 8 - Jamf Software's monster exit, eBureau is acquired, and the real reason you don't read about more startup newsRiffing pointsJAMF was just acquired by Vista Equity Partners -- for more see: news on JAMF’s acquisitioneBureau was just acquired by TransUnion -- for more see: news on eBureau’s acquisitionHow to see more quality startup tech coverage in the mediaFollow us at www.twitter.com/mspondeck even if you aren't a tweeter. We are.45 min
- 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.
45 min - 7 - MN tech unicorns in the making, Chicago tech in contrast, and are startup hubs important?Riffing points1. The upside of Bright Health -- for more see: Kathy’s tweet on Fortune’s article listing Bright Health2. Our picks on Minnesota companies that could be unicorns3. Mr. DeBettignies goes to Chicago to woo top talent4. Developers in these U.S. cities are game to move to the Twin Cities5. Life in Chicago’s tech shadow6. Startups hubs and the arguments for or against7. 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.57 min
About 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.