In the end, Matt Kramer’s departure from the University of Minnesota was a lot more low key than his hiring less than a year ago.With great fanfare, the school had hired Kramer in July 2009 to run what was then known as the Academic and Corporate Relations Center. The university had good reason to crow: […]
(Opens in a new window)Ever heard of the I-Q Corridor?(Opens in a new window) Unless you’re an economic development geek, probably not.The concept, first penned in a little-noticed Wisconsin Technology Counci(Opens in a new window)l white paper, envisions an economic superhighway of sorts connecting the Twin Cities, Madison, Wis. and Chicago along interstates 90 and […]
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(Opens in a new window)Fresh from passing a landmark angel investor tax credit(Opens in a new window), Minnesota lawmakers are advancing a bill that would, in time, radically alter high-tech economic development in the state by concentrating authority in a single public-private entity.The proposed Minnesota Science and Technology Authority(Opens in a new window), modeled after […]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the state’s top research university are not exactly close allies.At The Collaborative’s annual venture capital conference last year, Pawlenty criticized the University of Minnesota(Opens in a new window) for being unfriendly to business just minutes before university spin-outs were to pitch investors. University sources say Dan McElroy, commissioner for the […]