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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 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 :
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
