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In the News
The Minnesota Cup is fortunate to have a fair amount of media and press coverage. Here is a summary of some of the latest news :
2009 Coverage
Minneapolis Star Tribune Thinking small is BioCee's big idea, November 15, 2009
St. Louis Today Man Cave MEATings: A home party for men, October 31, 2009
BioCee Press Release BioCee and Partners Win a $2.2-million ARPA-E Grant, October 26, 2009
Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal Gopher Grocery seeks to store up corporate clients, October 9, 2009
Finance & Commerce Alvenda bringing retailers, shoppers together via Facebook, ‘shoplets’, September 22, 2009
Nonprofits Assistance Fund Ending starvation by planting seeds for growth, September 21, 2009
AdAge Social Shopping Takes on New Meaning With Newsfeed Purchasing from Alvenda, September 14, 2009
Finance & Commerce 'Shoplet' developer is Minnesota Cup champ, September 12, 2009
Minnov8 A Chat with MN Cup's Dan Mallin, September 11, 2009
Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal E-commerce startup Alvenda wins MN Cup, September 11, 2009
Twin Cities Business Alvenda named winner of Minnesota Cup, September 11, 2009
Minnesota Cup Announcement Announcing Alvenda, the 2009 winner of the Minnesota Cup, September 11, 2009
Minnesota Daily U of M Student, Nick Beste, competes in 2009 MN Cup, September 10, 2009
Pioneer Press Online "storefront" honored, September 10, 2009
Finance & Commerce Packet Power’s goal: Helping data centers measure energy use, September 8, 2009
Finance & Commerce Coverage of Packet Power, 2009 Division Winners, September 8, 2009
Minnesota Cup Announcement Announcing the 2009 Division Winners, September 3, 2009
Finance & Commerce Announcement of 2009 Division Winners, September 3, 2009
Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal Announcement of 2009 Division Winners, September 1, 2009
Finance & Commerce Coverage of Gopher Grocery, 2009 General Division Finalists, August 24, 2009
Minneapolis Star Tribune Coverage of 2009 Division Finalists, August 21, 2009
Media Alert 2009 Minnesota Cup Division Finalists Announced, August 21, 2009
Times Record News MN Cup Finalist ManCave, "meating" of the minds, August 20, 2009
Social Earth Social Entrepreneur's Cup Winner, Rural Renewable Energy Alliance, to compete for MN Cup Grand Prize, August 2, 2009
Finance and Commerce Coverage of MN Cup semifinalist Go Home Gorgeous, July 25, 2009
Finance and Commerce Coverage of MN Cup semifinalist RoamEO, July 20, 2009
KSDK News- St. Louis MN Cup semifinalist, Man Cave, featured on St. Louis news station, July 16, 2009
Finance and Commerce Coverage of MN Cup semifinalist ePhiphony, July 13, 2009
WCCO TV Reg Chapman features MN Cup semifinalist, ManCave with founder Nick Beste, July 10, 2009
INFORUM Coverage of 2009 Student Division Semifinalist- Man Cave, July 2, 2009
Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal Coverage of 2009 Semifinalists, June 26, 2009
Vadnais Heights Press Coverage of 2009 General Division Semifinalist- Hacker's Guide, June 22, 2009
Minnesota Cup Announcement The 2009 Semifinalist, June 17, 2009
Media Alert 2009 Semi-Finalists Announced, June 17, 2009
MN Cup Press Release 2009 Social Entrepreneur Finalists Announced, May 28, 2009
Minnov8 Sharpen Up Those Business Plans, May 10, 2009
Detroit Lakes Online Coverage of the launch of the 2009 competition, April 17, 2009
KROC Good Morning Rochester interview with Dan Mallin, April 14, 2009
WCCO TV Esme Murphy interviews MN Cup co-founder Dan Mallin, April 12, 2009
Philanthropy News Digest Social Venture Partners Minnesota 2009 Opens Social Entrepreneur's Cup Challenge, April 9, 2009
Mesabi Daily News Minnesota Cup seeks new business ideas, April 7, 2009
Merge Blog post by 2005 Finalist, HealthSimple on the value of Business Plan Competitions. March 31, 2009
Twin Cities Business Minnesota Cup Opens 2009 Competition, Mar. 31, 2009
KARE 11 Minnesota Cup co-founder Scott Litman discusses the competition with KARE 11 host Jeff Olsen, Mar. 31, 2009
Star Tribune Inside Track: Minnesota Cup Open for Entries, Mar. 30, 2009
Pioneer Press Entrepreneurs to Compete for $130,000 in Prizes, Mar. 30, 2009
Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal Minnesota Cup Accepting Entries, Mar 30, 2009
SocialEarth.org MN Cup Launches New Award for Social Entrepreneurs, March 2, 2009
2009 Launch Information
DEED / State of Minnesota Press Release Entries Sought for Minnesota Cup, Mar 30, 2009
MN Cup Press Release 2009 Launch Announcement, Mar 30, 2009
Past Finalists In the News :
ID Insight Tekne Awards Announces ID Insight as a Finalist, September 15, 2009
Rochester Post-Bulletin 2007 MN Cup Winner, Muve, featured at Rochester Athletic Club event, July 27, 2009
Business Journal 2008 MN Cup Winner CoreSpine Technologies receives FDA clearance, May 4, 2009
NearShore Journal MBA Signs Endorsement-Partnership Agreement With IntelAccount, April 14, 2009
Fox 9 News Interview with 2008 semi-finalist SuddenDeals.com, March 31, 2009
Star Tribune Vast Enterprises prepares for partnership with Fabcon, Jan 20, 2009
Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal Vast Enterprises lands deal with Fabcon, Oct. 31, 2008
The Business Journal Interrad Medical gets FDA's OK for device, October 10, 2008
Business Journal 2008 MN Cup Winner CoreSpine Technologies expecting $2M in capital, September 19, 2008
Stillwater Gazette Bright New Ideas featured, July 11, 2008
Star Tribune Snap Pea opens kiosk at Butler Square, May 2008
Minnesota Business ID Insight founders featured, February 2008
Twin Cities Metropolitan Vast Enterprises named as one of the Metro 100, October 2007
Business Journal IntelAccount founder David Crane featured, June 22, 2007
Business Journal IntelAccount completes $500K seed round, June 15, 2007
Business Journal ID Insight moves to Northfield, June 8, 2007
Business Journal ID Insight raising $1.5 Million, April 27, 2007
Business Week HealthSimple (Type 1 Tools) SmallBiz, Spring 2006
StarTribune HealthSimple (Type 1 Tools) featured on Business Section Cover, April 18, 2006
