Twin Cities Startup Week, which was held for the third time early last month, has evolved into a one-week showcase of the creators, innovators, hackers, investors and others who are driving the Twin Cities startup scene. There were events from early in the morning to late at night, and all hours in between. There were intimate gatherings of people focusing on specific topics (healthcare, AI, IoT, etc.), and other larger general purpose events, including the Minnesota Cup’s final awards event, a Beta.MN showcase event, Techstars Demo Day and MinneDemo. As in years past, there was plenty of enthusiasm and energy on display by the Twin Cities startup community.
One new event on the Twin Cities Startup Week calendar was gener8tor’s premiere night launch event. Held on October 10th at the Minneapolis Event Center, it was the coming out party for the 5 cohort companies that participated in gener8tor’s accelerator program beginning this past summer. For those of you who don’t know, gener8tor is an accelerator program that was started in Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin in 2012. The program graduates one cohort group from each of their Wisconsin locations annually (Madison in the spring and Milwaukee in the fall). gener8tor launched its Minneapolis program this past year and has been a welcome addition to the Twin Cities startup community.
