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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt paid us a visit on Nov. 30. We gave him a tour and he then held a round table discussion with three small business owners (plus Don and Kyle). Afterwards, he held a quick press conference, at which he praised the Mayor and the city for its tangible support of projects like CoCo.
During his visit, Mr. Schmidt met the Naiku crew, Dave Allen and Toby Cryns, Matt Woesthoff of The Foundation and Jason Burnett and Chuck Olsen of The Uptake.
Check out the resulting media coverage (or see the page CoCo member Joseph Rueter put together using his cool megablogging platform Rifr!):
- USA Today: “Minneapolis as a tech center? Start-ups say yes”
- WCCO TV: “Local Business Owners Meet with Google’s Eric Schmidt”
- KSTP TV: “Google Chairman Brings Encouragement, but No Jobs to MN”
- KARE 11: “Google boss stops in Minnesota”
- Minnesota Public Radio: “In Mpls., Google boss reiterates free services and slams online piracy bills”
- Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journals: “Google Chairman Schmidt lauds Minneapolis entrepreneurship”
- Downtown Journal: “Rybak hosts roundtable with Google chairman at CoCo Minneapolis”
- Finance & Commerce: “Key to growth? Google exec says it’s Google”
Frank Jossi of Finance & Commerce came out to visit CoCo a few weeks ago. Last week he published a really nice piece on CoCo and coworking in general. The article features interviews with c0-founder Kyle Coolbroth and members Ted Davis and Matt Lee and also mentions residents Comfy Chair Consulting.
