This section is presented by Device Pitstop.
The Elon Musk/Minnesota relationship grows
We already know that the Tesla founder is something of a fan of the North Star State:
And now the billionaire tech giant is...
Weekly Business Roundup, 10/25 – 11/1
Your business week, 10/25 - 11/1
After an unexpected shout out from Stranger Things character Dustin, a retro Science Museum of Minnesota hoodie will be hitting shelves again soon.
Others have already jumped on the craze:...
WhatsApp and their incredible disappearing messages
Taking a page out of Snapchat's playbook and embracing a more temporary option for messaging, WhatsApp will now allow users to delete messages after they've sent them.
They've been testing for most of the past...
The “Weinstein effect” and an official statement from Condé Nast
With a massive list of magazines to their name, Condé Nast has their fingers in just about every lifestyle, luxury, and culture industry in the country.
Their Traveler magazine, for one, has given Minnesota favorable...
Weekly Business Roundup, 10/18 – 10/25
Your business week, 10/18 - 10/25
CNBC ranks Minnesota the 3rd best state in the nation for business, receiving 1,615 out of a possible 2,500 possible points.
The rankings are based on Minnesota's high quality of life,...
5 Lessons for success from the Darwin Awards
Twin Cities Startup Week wrapped up another successful week-long festival of events and speaker panels celebrating the growing entrepreneur community in Minnesota. Though I am not an entrepreneur or startup guru, I found myself...
Weekly Business Roundup, 10/11 – 10/17
Your business week, 10/11 - 10/17
JetBlue will soon serve MSP Airport.
Flights from MSP to Boston will begin in May: Three nonstop fights daily to Boston Logan International Airport.
JetBlue is a low-cost airline,...
Why St. Paul’s push to become a tech hub isn’t so farfetched
Exposed brick lines the walls. Pipes hang high over desks covered in med-tech prototypes, white boards, and dozens of computer monitors and laptops. Coders and software engineers sit hunched in front of their screens,...
Google will run entirely on renewable energy by the end of the year… maybe
We wrote recently about solar energy community gardens in Participate in a community garden (of solar power), and about Minnesota's role in developing clean energy, Minnesota leading the way for renewable energy grid batteries.
These clean energy...
Participate in a community garden (of solar power)
Early this year, seven new community gardens went up in communities around Minnesota. The interesting part: These weren't the type of gardens producing tomatoes, cucumbers, and other vegetables; these were solar gardens made up...
