Getting to Know W3i
As usual, the schmoozing at Minnedemo yielded a pleasant surprise. My discovery of a Minnesota company that is known better beyond it’s borders than within them and the CEO of said company. The CEO;...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 66: Flat Is The New Up?
Is it true that “Flat Is The New Up?” Not if you’re a company just outside St. Cloud, Sartell-based w3i, which is consistently proving that “Up Is The New Up” every quarter through quite impressive and...
View ArticleW3i Lights Up the ‘Net with Its Latest App News
Okay, so there’s this company named Apple that I hear makes phones. And people tell me there’s been, uh, a bit of news lately about some new phone of theirs? Well, that media firestorm didn’t stop...
View ArticleW3i Having a Merry Christmas After Launching Recharge Studios and ‘Dolphin...
W3i, one of the most successful Internet startups ever in the state of Minnesota, has launched Recharge Studios, which is both a mobile app launch fund for game developers and an app publishing...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 118 – The Cloud gets Sainthood
Watching the tech headlines each week continually points to an accelerating trend: the ‘cloud’ is delivering an ever-increasing set of applications and services. Add to that an explosion in mobile...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang #190 – INCOMING!!
The Gang, minus Graeme this week, talks about a range of topics including the QFOLabs Toy-helicopter startup has the tech, needs the lift (Minnov8 profile by Graeme here) and how Borsch would like it...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang #191 – Flip That Toast!
The local Minnesota startup community continues to grow as have technology players who started up a long time ago. One of those growing, players, an organization that has reinvented itself and...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang #193 – We Come Bearing Gifts
There are so many tech gifts for this holiday season it is hard to figure out what is hot and what’s not. On our Holiday Gadget Buyer’s Guide Extravaganza the Gang recaps our top picks and we’re joined...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 194 – All Our Startups Are Above Average
A surprising number of hot stories this week for a December and the Gang covers it and more. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music: The One by The Woodshedders...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang #195 – Apocalypse NOT!
You can rest easy now: NASA says the world will not end on December 21st of this year (phew)! We’ve averted a calendar-driven apocalypse (how did that even start!?!) so go ahead and make plans for...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang #197 – Perfect 2013 Predictions?
Even top-tier baseball players have hits and whiffs at the plate. The Gang had both from our 2012 predictions, but we have some quite good ones for 2013. Are they perfect? You decide. Hosts: Steve...
View ArticleW3i Rebrands, Launches Native Ad Platform for App Devs, Adds Trip Hawkins as...
W3i, one of Minnesota’s largest and fastest-growing Internet companies, with headquarters in St. Cloud and offices in Minneapolis and San Francisco, just made a major announcement today. The company...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 210 – The Internet is Broken?
Steve returns to The Gang after 3 weeks and Phil is spring breaking but three of us dissect the top stories of the week including Best Buy’s founder returning, did hackers really break the internet...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 221 – Oh Touch Me, Touch Me
3M’s Touch Screen, Best Buy, Apple’s WWDC, the Internet of Things and more are discussed by the Gang this week. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music: I Pretend...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 233 – Prince’s Awkwardly Shaped Guitar Center
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week). Music: Great Dividing Blues Artist: Gerry Joe Weise. Brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed During the...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 238 – Stop Your Whining
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music: We Are Stars Artist: Leaving Richmond. Brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed During the Show Minnesota Stories...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 267 – Dick Tracy is PO’ed
We’re hearing a lot about wearable technologies, but a certain detective is pretty pissed off that he isn’t getting credit for it. We talk about Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC), rumored...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 291 – Tim is NOT happy!
Poor Vikings fanboy Tim Elliott. He doesn’t understand why Vikings RB Adrian Peterson’s suspension appeal denied by arbitrator. The other three of us, um, shook our shoulders and went on to talk...
View ArticleMobile App Discovery Not Getting Easier; ‘Zombies’ Gaining
Image ©TelegraphUK Basically, app discovery is a bitch, and the App Store is no longer the answer. That is the gist of a report on “2015 App Store Competition” published a couple days ago by an...
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