December 2009
11 posts
Phil Windley discusses entrepreneurship with...
Sramana Mitra believes in the importance of entrepreneurship to the world economy. As a writer and entrepreneur, she assists others in learning how to build an organization. She joins Phil and Scott to discuss her strategies. In addition to presenting her thoughts on entrepreneurship, she also offers useful details about how to create jobs, how to find money to for company creation and some of the...
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McClatchy: "Investors could only lose in Goldman's...
When financial titan Goldman Sachs joined some of its Wall Street rivals in late 2005 in secretly packaging a new breed of offshore securities, it gave prospective investors little hint that many of the deals were so risky that they could end up losing hundreds of millions of dollars on them. Goldman did very well as our economy collapsed including a $10 billion preferred stock investment...
Snowmagedon 2009! Photos from 24th Ave. E.
A few pictures from 24th Avenue East. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from Seward Profile | Comment »
Snowmagedon 2009! Photos from 24th Ave. E.
A few pictures from 24th Avenue East. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from Peter’s posterous | Comment »
Connected Nation is Minnesota's designated...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today that it has awarded 15 grants to fund broadband mapping and planning activities. Minnesota is on the list with Connected Nation as the designated entity to receive a total of $1.7 million. Connected Nation is an organization sponsored by telephone and cable companies. It represents their interests in deciding...
Kitty update. Dia & Noche growing up.
Watch for Dia’s wink right at the end of the movie. See and download the full gallery on posterous Download now or watch on posterous dia_noche-desktop.m4v (4126 KB) Posted via email from Peter’s posterous | Comment »
Downtown Minneapolis bike lane in need of plow
I think this was on 1st Avenue. As snow cleanup is a major issue for winter bikers, I would think the City would expend more effort in at least cleaning bike lanes. Also saw a car parked on the bike lane. Posted via email from Peter’s posterous | Comment »
List your business for free at the BuyLocalMN...
Local businesses can list their business for free at BuyLocalMN.com. http://www.buylocalmn.com/ Please make sure to put “Seward” or preferably “Seward Neighborhood” in the description so you appear in this list: http://www.buylocalmn.com/search/node/seward (I may tighten the search to “Seward Neighborhood” as right now it lists a baby food company...
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Broadband stimulus money awarded to U of MN...
The University of Minnesota’s Broadband stimulus proposal was approved and received $2,862,333 in federal funds yesterday. The University and its nonprofit partners will develop and improve 11 computer labs throughout underserved neighborhoods in the Twin Cities. The U press release states that the proposal was selected “from among 2,200 proposals received by the Department of...
SNG Newsletter December 1, 2009
SNG NEWSLETTER – December 1, 2009 In this issue—First Ever Franklin Frolic on December 5…Milwaukee Ave. Walking Tour…2010 Census is Hiring…and more! I. SNG News and Upcoming Events - Franklin Frolic, December 5 - Milwaukee Ave. Walking Tour, December 5 - GiveMN.org Fundraising Success! - Annual Meeting Report II. SNG Committee Calendar - Crime and Safety Committee, No December...
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The irrevocable rights we relinquish when we...
As many of you already know, I’ve fallen in love with the Posterous tool as the easiest way to publish to the web—especially for the non-tech, potentially digitally-divided communities. If you can email, you can post to Posterous. So I get a little defensive when I see something like this on Twitter: Didya know: You grant Posterous the irrevocable, fully transferable rights to use,...