A quick intro… I get a lot of inquiries from tech professionals near and far looking for information on the Minnesota and St Paul tech scene. To be more specific:

• local Junior Developers are wanting to know how to break into the local tech scene
• A lot of Senior Developers have had their head down for a long time and unaware of Minnedemo, Twin Cities Startup Week or meetups
• An increasing number of inquiries from Bay Area, Austin, Chicago and New York City tech pros seeking info on the area

This is my attempt at having a “getting started” or “orientation” to our tech scene.

I likely will be missing some topics that should be here. If you want to see something added… send me a note.

Upcoming Minneapolis and St Paul Tech Events:

• July 17-18: Enterprise Rising

• July 18: Minnedemo

• Aug 6-7: Devopsdays Minneapolis

• August 7-9: Midwest JS

• October 9-12: Blacks in Technology Conference

• October 9-16: Twin Cities Startup Week

• October 14: Minnesota Cup

Tech Calendars (where to find user groups, meetups and events):

• Tech.mn

• MinneInno

Popular Meetups and User Groups (not a complete list)

Podcasts:

• MSP On Deck (taking a break)

• Women in Tech Twin Cities

• The Schmidt List

• Coffee and Closers

• The Founders Mentality

• The Talking Points

• Nice Games Club

• Startups for the Rest of Us

• Rochester Rising

• more coming

Tech and Business News:

• Starting Up North

• MinneInno

• MSP Business Journal

• Tech.mn
  

Twitter Start Kit (suggestions of who to follow):

• Minnesota Tech (people, companies and groups)

• Minnesota Recruiters and HR

Job Boards:

• Minnesota Tech, IT, Data, Design and UX Job Boards (10+ listed)

Entrepreneur groups, accelerators, groups promoting the region:

coming soon

Coworking spaces:

• Fueled Collective (I am a member)

• WeWork (I am a member)

• The Coven

• Impact Hub

• Spaces

• Industrious

• Flock

• Novel

• Curated List of Minnesota Coworking Spaces

• more coming

Coding Bootcamps and IT Training:

• Prime Digital Academy (Full Stack and UX)

• University of Minnesota (Full Stack, Data Analytics and CyberSecurity)

• Software Guild (Full Stack)

• Creating IT Futures

Additional Resources:

• DocuMNtary – a history and look into the future of the Minnesota tech scene

• more coming

What am I missing???