2019 is here! Since Great North Labs is a proponent of iterating based on data-driven feedback, it’s time for a look at the best-performing content from 2018. What captured people’s interest? What is the Great North community interested in?
The Posts
- Facebook controversy. Rob Weber’s post about Sheryl Sandberg and the importance of “integrators” titled, of course, “Sheryl Sandberg and the Importance of Integrators“,is the top post of the year. The Facebook COO faced a lot of criticism in the past year, and Mark Zuckerberg, the Woz to Sandberg’s Jobs, found himself testifying before Congress this past April for 10 hours. Facebook has come under increasing scrutiny in the wake of data breaches and the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and public interest remains high as the 68% of Americans who use Facebook grapple with the implications of data insecurity.
- The Internet of Things. Pradip Madan’s white paper on the third generation of IoT and the industrial internet is well-researched and thought-provoking, with input by Great North Labs advisors at Protolabs and Misty Robotics. Pradip makes the case that we are uniquely situated in the upper Midwest to originate the next wave of tech-enabled disruption in IoT in “IoT 3.0“.
- Venture capital investing. Pradip Madan writes about VC as an investment class is his white paper, “Where to Invest in the Midwest: Venture Across Asset Classes“. He examines the benefits of venture investing as an asset class even during a down cycle, and how funds can provide protection from multi-year downturns. Pradip also enumerates the unique advantages that Midwest venture funds offer.
- The Midwest tech ecosystem. “Putting the ‘Silicon’ in Silicon Lakes”, by Great North Labs Managing Partners, Rob Weber, Ryan Weber, and Pradip Madan, enumerates the key ingredients required to create an innovation hub like Silicon Valley that fosters growth and startups. It is part mission statement, part love letter, and all about the opportunity present in the upper Midwest.
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June Newsletter
Rob Weber
Demystifying Startup HR
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Head of Finance & Fund Administration- Venture Capital Firm (Remote)
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Demystifying Startup HR
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3 Portfolio Companies Make Inc. 5000 + Quicklly & Instacart Expand
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3 Portfolio Companies Ranked on The Inc. 5000 List
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iraLogix closes $22M + Branch expands with Uber
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iraLogix closes $22M Series C
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Flywheel lands Gates Foundation grant
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Venture Capital Analyst
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Orazio Buzza, Founder and CEO of Fooda – on Episode 13, “Execution is King”
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$40M Fund II Raised!
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Eric Martell, Founder of Pear Commerce: Episode 13, Execution is King
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Great North Ventures Raises $40 Million Fund II
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Investment Thesis: Fund II Strategy
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Investment Theme: Community-Driven Applications
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Investment Theme: Digital Transformation Through AI
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Investment Theme: Solving Labor Problems
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Trends in the Gig Economy + Work in the Metaverse
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Portfolio raises $125M + talking fundraising with Branch CEO
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Omnia Fishing closes $4M round, joins Great North portfolio!
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Atif Siddiqi, Founder/CEO of Branch: Episode 11, Execution is King
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Michael Martocci, CEO and Founder of SwagUp: Episode 10, Execution is King
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Yardstik new to portfolio, closes $8M Series A
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First venture studio startup comes out of stealth!
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Insights for founders from a data guru, + FactoryFix raises a Series A!
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Una Fox: Episode 9, Execution is King
Rob Weber
Start With a Mobile App, Not a Website
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2ndKitchen acquired by SoftBank-backed REEF + advice from an early Googler
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Joe Sriver, 4giving: Episode 8, Execution is King
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2ndKitchen Acquired by REEF
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Venture studio startup jobs + advice for founders from founders
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Best Advice from the Great North Annual Event: Episode 7, Execution is King
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Newsletter: Do you fit our investing themes?
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Jonathan Treble, PrintWithMe: Episode 6, Execution is King
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Anna Mason, Revolution: Episode 5, Execution is King
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Mynul Khan, FieldNation: Episode 4, Execution is King
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Nick Moran, New Stack Ventures: Episode 3, Execution is King
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Molly Pyle, Center on Rural Innovation (CORI): Episode 2, Execution is King
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Justin Kaufenberg, Rally Ventures: Execution is King Episode 1
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Newsletter: “Podcast Launched: Execution is King!”
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“Execution is King” – the Great North Ventures Podcast
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Newsletter: Fund II is open for business!
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Unlocking the Potential of Anonymized Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Data
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Fund II is open for Business!
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Mike Schulte Promoted to Venture Partner
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New Name + New Venture Studio
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Great North Launches Startup Studio
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We Don’t Need No [full-time MBA] Education
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How the University of Minnesota is Embracing Startup Culture
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Top Stories of 2020, iraLogix, and LaunchMN Calls for Mentors
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Building Capacity for Innovation
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Seizing Opportunity in a Recession, Allergy Amulet, and Twin Cities Startup Week
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Recessionary times, a record-setting IPO, and Minnesota’s Resilient Startups
Rob Weber
Minnesota's Resilient Startups
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July 4th, Equitable American Dream-ing, and Robots Diagnosing COVID
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Jumpstart, the Startup School, and Branch Wins a Webby!
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COVID-19 Trends, the Great North response, and our Founders Survey
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Giving in the Time of Coronavirus
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COVID-19 Resources for Startups, State-by-State
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COVID-19, the CARES Act, and startups stepping up
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New Business Preservation Act
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Digital Future Boardroom, PartySlate, and The Lean Startup School
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Great North Labs’s Startup Summit 2020
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Great North Labs's Startup Summit 2020
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World Economic Forum, NoiseAware, and the Startup School reboot
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Great North Labs at the World Economic Forum 2020 in Davos
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Top 5 Stories of 2019
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Taking the Founders Pledge, Inhabitr, and gBETA Pitch Night
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Founders Pledge: Support the Organizations that Support You
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BETA Showcase, Greater MN, and Launch MN comes to St. Cloud
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7 Places to Spot Us at Startup Week
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The Greater MN Meetup, Parallax, and Exponential Medicine
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Greater MN at the big show, Neela Mollgaard heads Launch MN, and Misty’s roadtrip.
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Talking VC, tech kids, and Forge North’s Horizon
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June: Great North Labs’s first fund raised!
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May: Innovation Ecosystems, SingularityU Kickoff, and PrintWithMe
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April: Minnebar Recap, ZenLord Pro, and Supporting Entrepreneurs
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MinneBar 14 Recap
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Dispatch and 2ndKitchen claim Tech Madness titles
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Minnesota Innovation Collaborative
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March: Minnebar, Hockey + Hustlers, and Innovation Workshops
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Great North Labs at CES
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Dec.-Jan.: Top Posts from 2018, pepr, Glowe, and Misty Robotics
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Carried Interest: Top Posts from 2018
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Oct.-Nov.: Singularity University, Exponential Tech, and the State of Innovation
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July: Pitchly, ForwardFest, and Where to Invest in the Midwest
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Digital Transformation Summit, July 25th in Minneapolis
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June: Silicon Lakes, FactoryFix, and the Digital Transformation Summit
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Putting the “Silicon” in Silicon Lakes
Pradip Madan
Digital Manufacturing and Logistics
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May: Team Genius, IoT, and the Future of Everything
Pradip Madan
IoT 3.0
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Healthcare Innovation
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March: Exponential Tech, the “Goldilocks Zone”, and Minnebar 13
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February: Team Expansion, Dispatch, and Startup School Events
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Great North Labs Newsletter – December 2017
Rob Weber
A Letter To My Younger Self
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Ryan Weber
Great North Labs Featured on Tech.mn
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Great North Labs Featured in St Cloud Times
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Great North Labs – Featured on BizJournals.com
Ryan Weber