Past event Archive

The power of purple corn

January 5, 2012 | By
dball
The power of purple corn

Wednesday, Jan. 25
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
CoCo Minneapolis

CoCo Member Bill Petrich, CEO of Suntava, (recently featured in the Star Tribune) will talk about his company’s breakthrough product: a natural substitute for Red Dye No. 40, made from Peruvian purple corn.

Bill will talk about the challenges he faces in trying to grow the business and ask for ideas from attendees.

We’ll even serve up some purple corn in the form of homemade “chicha” (a traditional Peruvian soft drink) and purple corn chips. Come learn about an innovative business model and offer your ideas!

This is a members-only event.

Register at Eventbite

Google Chairman visits CoCo

December 2, 2011 | By
dball
Google Chairman visits CoCo

Click to see more pictures on Facebook

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!):

Gadgets and Gifts for Geeks & Grandmas

November 30, 2011 | By
dball
Gadgets and Gifts for Geeks & Grandmas

Fri., Dec. 9
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
CoCo Minneapolis

Verizon is playing Santa and bringing some mobile goodness to CoCo.

Stop by over the lunch hour for a chat about the future of mobile gadgetry and for some ideas on what gadgets to give for the holidays, whether you’re shopping for a mobile geek or a mobile grandma. Albert Maruggi will host the conversation in his inimitable style.

Verizon is springing for lunch (thanks!). There will be tables with the latest Verizon devices and accessories. And you’ll have a chance at winning a 4G LTE smartphone as well as CoCo day passes.

Register at Eventbrite

(Please register so we have plenty of lunches on hand!)

Photo by Flickr user Matti Mattila

Tech Cocktail comes to MN!

September 14, 2011 | By
dball
Tech Cocktail comes to MN!

Tues., Oct. 4
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
CoCo Minneapolis

Have you heard of Tech Cocktail? It’s a national global tech blog that hosts events across the country, including cities like Chicago, DC, Boston, San Francisco, Austin, Boulder, San Diego and Barcelona. Tech Cocktail is coming to Minnesota to help add fuel to the bonfire that is our growing local tech scene.

Join us for an evening of fun mingling with other technology enthusiasts, investors, bloggers and entrepreneurs as we showcase local technology companies and take a closer look at their latest achievements.

Register now

Tickets: $10 early bird, $15 standard ticket, $20 last minute

Tech Cocktail offers a handful of startups an opportunity to show off in an expo-style to the rest of the Minneapolis entrepreneurial community for FREE.  If you have a startup you would like to show off at Tech Cocktail Minneapolis please submit this form. The Tech Cocktail team (which sees hundreds of startups a year) will evaluate the entries and contact you if your startup is selected. Please note that space is limited.

Apply to demo your startup at TechCocktail Minneapolis!

Thanks to our co-organizers, the Ovative Group

Startup Bus coming to CoCo

February 28, 2011 | By
dball
Startup Bus coming to CoCo

Tuesday, March 8
5 p.m. until ?

That’s right, it’s a bus full of geeks working on new businesses as they the journey from Chicago to SxSW in Austin. And they’re making a pit-stop at CoCo.

Come meet the intrepid entrepreneurs and send off Minnesota’s own Andy Erikson, who will join the ride.

Full story at Tech.MN

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