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"session_title": "⚡ Hiring Companies Lightning Talks ⚡ ",
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"session_title": "Reading in Crisis: Star Tribune traffic trends during Covid and Floyd",
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"presenter_bio": "Dean Peterson is a Senior Specialist Solution Architect at Red Hat. He has been developing high quality software for 20 years. He has worked in a number of large enterprise environments including IBM and both private and public sector organizations. \r\n\r\nHe has Computer Science and Master's in Software Engineering degrees from the University of Wisconsin La Crosse.\r\n\r\nDean is also the owner and creator of Abecorn.com. Abecorn.com is a successful board game marketplace and math trading site.\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/deanpeterson)",
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"presenter_name": "David Duccini",
"presenter_bio": "Responsible for Software and Security Architecture. David is on a dozen patents for Blockchain Technology with Wells Fargo and wrote his own unique crypto-currency called 2GIVE that had a market cap worth over 20 MILLION USD (at the peak). David has been an active member of Bitcointalk.org since 2011, with status listed as Legendary. Additional experience includes founding an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that acquired seven competitors before a merger and a successful exit. David is a unique expert with a breadth of experience as a software security architect, successful tech entrepreneur, AND visionary with extensive practical experience in Regulated Financial Technology, Blockchain, Smart Documents, and Cryptocurrency. Neck Deep in Blockchain & Fintech for 9 – 10 years, Software for 25+\r\n\r\nIf you're curious about our master plan for Global Domination, check out [the 2017 TECHdotMN 'Minnesota Moonshot' article](https://sppx.io/moonshot) to see where we've been and where we're going!\r\n\r\nDavid recently joined the [investment banking](https://brokercheck.finra.org/individual/summary/6851423) ranks on his way to launching a secondary market for securities sold under various exemptions. When he's not busy wrestling with regulators he enjoys donating his time, plane and pilot skills to \"Pilots n Paws\" a volunteer organization that helps move pets around the world!\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/littleduke)\n- Twitter: @TheLittleDuke",
"session_title": "Pivot! : Fail Faster By Shipping Early and Often (and how to stop caring along the way!)",
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"description": "*Nobody F'ing Cares*\r\n\r\nFrom trying to get feedback on your business plan to A/B testing one of your next awesome-sauce features the reality is that the only person who really cares is YOU -- and you gotta get over yourself :-)\r\n\r\n**Being too early to market is not your today problem. Being too late might be.**\r\n\r\nWhy did the VHS tape format beat out the clearly superior BetaMax? And why do people like me keep invoking that example when hardly anyone relevant anymore even remembers the \"Be Kind Rewind\" plea at long gone business models like \"Blockbuster Video\" ??\r\n\r\n*\"Don't let the perfect get in the way of the pretty good\"*\r\n\r\nThe reality is that very few users will actually use 90% of the software you create for them. Hours will be wasted on features nobody cares about because entrepreneurs are often blinded by their own brilliance!\r\n\r\nSay it with me: \"Feedback is a gift!\" ; but not all feedback is actionable...\r\n\r\nIn this likely expletive laden session we'll commiserate on how lonely it is to be right most of the time ;-)\r\n\r\nBy the end you'll learn to embrace the eventual heat-death of the universe and be at peace with the fact that nobody f'ing cares.\r\n\r\n#ShipIT",
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"description": "Since COVID, REM5 VR Lab and REM5 For Good have been utilizing a new, \"Social WebXR\" platform to build art galleries, music venues, classrooms, and museums in order to host truly virtual events. We see this as the perfect tech between zoom and full virtual reality that bridges that gap and fills a need not just for now, but the future as well.\r\n\r\nIn this session you'll not only get to try this platform right from your web browser (no downloads or login needed), but we'll also do a quick presentation that gives an overview of the technology and how we're putting it to use.",
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"presenter_name": "Travis Johansen",
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"session_title": "Video Marketing × Visual Storytelling = ❤ Better Brand Story Podcast",
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"description": "The heart of good video marketing and visual storytelling is ❤ heart.\r\n\r\nWe know that if we can move the ❤ heart through good storytelling, we can get viewers to take action.\r\n\r\nWhether thats to click, subscribe, share, buy... \r\n\r\nIf you miss the heart, you lose the power of video. \r\n\r\nIn 2020, its so easy to get caught up in things the technical gear - the shiny tech. There are so many ways to make Video today - and every day there is a new tool. \r\n\r\nThink back:\r\n- whiteboard videos\r\n- 3d videos\r\n- 360 videos\r\n- 4k revolution\r\n- hdr\r\n- vertical video\r\n- action camera vs DSLR\r\n\r\nThere are a TON of different ways you can make video but what works, how much does it cost, how long does it take... \r\n\r\nThese are questions people ask when they dont know what else to ask.\r\n\r\nAt the heart of all good video content, you have a good story. \r\n\r\nWe want to guide you through the questions that matter - the questions you need to ask to not be burned.\r\n\r\nYou will learn the top places video marketing works (with or without good storytelling). \r\n\r\nYou will also learn how you can harness the power of visual storytelling specifically for startups. \r\n\r\nWith the relaunch of the Better Brand Story podcast, you will learn from the best of the best. \r\n\r\nThis will be fast paced and cover a lot of ground fast. So buckle ☝ up and keep your hands inside the right at all times. \r\n",
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"session_title": "Lifehacks to Manage Startup and Real Life",
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"presenter_bio": "Aneela Idnani is Cofounder & Marketing/Design Lead at HabitAware. For more than 20 years, Aneela hid her battle with compulsive hair pulling disorder (trichotillomania), a mental health condition. After sharing this secret, HabitAware created Keen, a patented smart bracelet that uses gesture detection technology to bring awareness to hair pulling, skin picking and nail biting, issues that negatively impact more than 20M Americans. With awareness, people can “Retrain The Brain” to healthier coping mechanisms. Aneela is a mental health advocate, raising awareness of these very common yet unknown conditions. Aneela is a native New Yorker who proudly calls Minneapolis, MN home and spends her free time making art and playing with her two young kids.\n\n**Links:**\n\n- Twitter: @ak310i",
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"description": "This session is what not to do as a first time entrepreneur, and what to do instead.\r\nI will share my career path from accounting to advertising, as well as how I went from wanting to start a company to finding HabitAware's big idea.\r\nI won't hold back in telling you what held me back and what propelled me forward.\r\nBy sharing my entrepreneurial journey I hope you will take away actionable strategies to start yours.\r\nThis session is ideal for anyone interested in entrepreneurship, but not quite sure where they want to take that interest.\r\n\r\n\r\n*About Aneela Idnani:*\r\nAneela Idnani is Cofounder & Marketing/Design Lead at HabitAware, [link](http://habitaware.com). For 20+ years, Aneela hid her battle with compulsive hair pulling (trichotillomania), a mental health condition. After sharing this secret, HabitAware created Keen, a smart bracelet that uses gesture detection technology to bring awareness to hair pulling, skin picking and nail biting. With awareness, people can “Retrain The Brain” to healthier coping mechanisms. Aneela is a mental health advocate, author and speaker raising awareness of these very common yet unknown conditions. Aneela is a native New Yorker who proudly calls Minneapolis home.",
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"session_title": "No BS Bitcoin Whitepaper",
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"description": "Are you curious for a technical explanation of the Bitcoin whitepaper... but grossed out by crypto weirdos trying to make you buy stuff?\r\nLet me walk you through it. No shilling, mining pools, or MLMs.... just knowledge of the technology.\r\n\r\nI've been in Blockchain since 2015, learned from someone who's been in since 2010. We'll go through the Bitcoin Whitepaper without any funny business. The Bitcoin Whitepaper is only like 9 pages... how hard can it be?\r\n\r\nI'm not gonna lie, it's esoteric and weird, but also a natural evolution of online banking. Worth understanding even if you never buy/use. If you are a real curious cat, read before you come: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf\r\n\r\nWe'll cover the broad points of the white paper with a lot of metaphors and diagrams. No time to go through the math. I promise to make the content accessible & worth your time.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n",
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"created_at": "2020-09-29 01:10:07 UTC",
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"id": 1233,
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"presenter_name": "Ahnaf Prio",
"presenter_bio": "Ahnaf Prio consults for Fortune 500 companies in his home state of Minnesota on software architecture and digital transformation. He co-founded Invive.io, serving as CTO, innovating in the life insurance sector. Additionally, Ahnaf was the CTO of Tavolo, a restaurant tech startup that won emerging startup of the year in minnesota in 2021. Following his consulting role at Securian Financial, Ahnaf now contributes his expertise at Best Buy, helping the e-commerce giant elevate the digital customer shopping experience. Ahnaf also serves as President of the Board of Directors for the University of Minnesota Morris Alumni Association\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/ahnafy)",
"session_title": "Junior Developer 101: LEVEL UP!👾🆙",
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"description": "If you are a junior developer starting in the realms of software engineering, things can often seem a little intimidating. You would assume after four years of college or a 6 month bootcamp where you spent your time learning the in-s and out-s of data structures and algorithms you’d be ready for the real world. But you quickly realize that there is not just one way of solving a problem, and something that seemed the best approach in theory (that you learnt in school) can very likely not be the right solution in the workplace because of constraints like maintenance, resources available etc. \r\n\r\nThere are so many things to learn, and as soon as you’ve learnt one framework or tool, there seems to be something new out there. As a Junior developer myself who recently graduated college, here are some tricks and tips I thought I’d share that helped me to learn how to improve and made my transition easier.",
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"created_at": "2020-09-28 22:58:04 UTC",
"updated_at": "2020-10-05 18:32:00 UTC"
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"id": 1232,
"participant_id": 1910,
"presenter_name": "David Duccini",
"presenter_bio": "Responsible for Software and Security Architecture. David is on a dozen patents for Blockchain Technology with Wells Fargo and wrote his own unique crypto-currency called 2GIVE that had a market cap worth over 20 MILLION USD (at the peak). David has been an active member of Bitcointalk.org since 2011, with status listed as Legendary. Additional experience includes founding an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that acquired seven competitors before a merger and a successful exit. David is a unique expert with a breadth of experience as a software security architect, successful tech entrepreneur, AND visionary with extensive practical experience in Regulated Financial Technology, Blockchain, Smart Documents, and Cryptocurrency. Neck Deep in Blockchain & Fintech for 9 – 10 years, Software for 25+\r\n\r\nIf you're curious about our master plan for Global Domination, check out [the 2017 TECHdotMN 'Minnesota Moonshot' article](https://sppx.io/moonshot) to see where we've been and where we're going!\r\n\r\nDavid recently joined the [investment banking](https://brokercheck.finra.org/individual/summary/6851423) ranks on his way to launching a secondary market for securities sold under various exemptions. When he's not busy wrestling with regulators he enjoys donating his time, plane and pilot skills to \"Pilots n Paws\" a volunteer organization that helps move pets around the world!\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/littleduke)\n- Twitter: @TheLittleDuke",
"session_title": "Cargo Cult Capitalism : Three Reasons Your Startup is Not Getting Funded",
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"description": "*If you need money for your startup what do you think you need to do?* \r\n\r\nIf the answer is \"pitch my idea to as many Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors as possible\" you may have accidentally joined a cult!\r\n\r\nIn this biting and witty session local contrarian capitalists David Duccini and Jade Barker, recently off a whirl-wind tour of Investment Banking exams that has allowed them to launch **Silicon Prairie Capital Partners** a \"Modern Investment Bank Inspired by Crowdfunding and Powered by Automation\", intend to break down the MYTHS surrounding startup capital formation!\r\n\r\nYou'll learn how to spot people who are \"for vanity\" instead of \"for profit\" and some tools to check yourself to see if you have the power to get to the next level?\r\n\r\nYou'll also save yourself a ton of time trying to get coffee dates with people who are NEVER going to invest in your big idea, but are full of \"oughta-do\" advice! (Hint it comes down to just three reasons)\r\n\r\nYou'll discover that most competitions, incubators and accelerators are just another form of \"beauty pageant\" and that many of the so called \"judges\" have zero experience in startups (and most are just corporate sponsors of the events.)\r\n\r\nYou'll learn the power of the word DISCERNMENT and hopefully come to realize that you may have been outsourcing it to the wrong people.\r\n\r\nLastly you'll learn that YOU can now by-pass all the gatekeepers and raise capital publicly using Investment Crowdfunding laws such as MNvest and Regulation Crowdfunding all while maintaining control of your destiny! ",
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"id": 1231,
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"presenter_name": "Sam Cartford",
"presenter_bio": "Hello and welcome! I'm Sam. Usually I'm working on cybersecurity and data projects, and now I also moonlight as an entrepreneur trying to build retail investors a research platform. I love climbing and snowboarding, and all my projects are usually built in python and on AWS. Please reach out if you 1) are interested in helping retail investors increase their alpha, 2) have any questions you think I may be able to answer, 3) are a freelance designer, or 4) teach the tenor saxophone (I'm a good student, I swear). You can reach me at cartford@hey.com",
"session_title": "NLP intro: Some (bad) ways to generate text",
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"description": "Natural Language Processing (NLP) is probably the fastest growing and most impactful Machine Learning sub-field. New state-of-the-art language models have been leapfrogging each other for a few years, and it's hard to keep up. Here we'll investigate interpretable ways to generate text, and see how training set and model size affect the output we see. We'll start with simple statistical models and work toward neural networks that use word embeddings, looking at the quirks along the way!\r\n\r\nThis is meant to be a fun demo of basic approaches not used in production. If you've ever been curious about how algorithms might generate text, this should be a good intro. If you're looking for ways to improve your models' F1 scores, you probably won't find that here, but I'd love to have you join to help answer questions and improve the general discussion. If you'd like to see any of the demos or ask questions ahead of time, feel free to email me (cartford@hey.com)! ",
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"id": 1230,
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"presenter_name": "Ellen Crain",
"presenter_bio": "Ellen Crain is the owner and founder of Homeschool Boss, which offers standardized testing and other services to homeschoolers across the US.\n\n**Links:**\n\n- Twitter: @Ln_C",
"session_title": "Homeschool 101 for Marketers and Parents",
"summary": null,
"description": "The number of kids being homeschooled has doubled this year, but it can be hard to learn about the homeschool community, especially during a pandemic. In this presentation, I will cover the questions that tend to come up about homeschooling and answer them from both a parent and a marketer's perspective.
\r\n
\r\nWe will talk about:
\r\n* The differences between homeschooling, virtual charter schooling and distance learning from a legal and practical perspective,
\r\n* Who homeschools and why
\r\n* Where to find homeschoolers
\r\n* The major \"styles\" of homeschooling
\r\n* The history of homeschooling and where I believe it's headed
\r\n* How to avoid sticking your foot in your mouth when talking to homeschoolers.
\r\n
\r\nI have 3 kids who have never attended school, 2 of whom are now graduated and in college (my youngest just started 9th grade). I am a former board member of the Minnesota Homeschool Alliance, have run a few homeschool groups and have been running a homeschool business for the last 5 years, so I have experience with this topic from a lot of different angles. I will be happy to answer whatever questions you have.
\r\n\r\n",
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"created_at": "2020-09-28 21:26:23 UTC",
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"presenter_name": "Joe Karlsson",
"presenter_bio": "Joe Karlsson (He/They) is a Software Engineer turned Developer Advocate. He empowers developers to think creatively when building web applications through demos, blogs, videos, or whatever else developers need.\r\n\r\nJoe's career has taken him from building out database best practices and demos for MongoDB, architecting and building one of the largest eCommerce websites in North America at Best Buy, and teaching at one of the most highly-rated software development boot camps on Earth. Joe is also a TEDx Speaker, film buff, and avid [TikToker](https://www.tiktok.com/@joekarlsson) and [Tweeter](https://twitter.com/JoeKarlsson1).\r\n\r\n- My Website - [https://www.joekarlsson.com](https://www.joekarlsson.com/)\r\n- Weekly Newsletter - [https://joekarlsson.substack.com](https://joekarlsson.substack.com/)\r\n- Twitter - [https://twitter.com/JoeKarlsson1](https://twitter.com/JoeKarlsson1)\r\n- TikTok - [https://www.tiktok.com/@joekarlsson](https://www.tiktok.com/@joekarlsson)\r\n- LinkedIn - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/joekarlsson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joekarlsson/)\r\n- YouTube - [https://www.youtube.com/c/JoeKarlsson](https://www.youtube.com/c/JoeKarlsson)\r\n- Mastodon - [https://hachyderm.io/@JoeKarlsson](https://hachyderm.io/@JoeKarlsson)\r\n- GitHub - [https://github.com/JoeKarlsson](https://github.com/JoeKarlsson)\r\n- Twitch - [https://www.twitch.tv/joe_karlsson](https://www.twitch.tv/joe_karlsson)\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/joekarlsson)\n- Twitter: @joekarlsson1",
"session_title": "The Art of Computer Science",
"summary": null,
"description": "Do you feel like you have struggled to find your place in the tech industry? Do you feel like coding is a slog? Perhaps you feel dumb or like an imposter? I know exactly how you feel, because I have and currently have all of those feelings bubbling up inside me, and that’s okay! It took me a long time to feel comfortable in this industry, and in this talk, I will tell you about my journey to find a place in tech through my art and a dash of humor. This talk is for anyone looking to feel inspired to find their joy in the technical industrial complex.",
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"created_at": "2020-09-28 20:37:16 UTC",
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"id": 1228,
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"presenter_name": "Scott Forbes",
"presenter_bio": "Scott Forbes is a Principal Application Security Engineer for Veritas Technologies, and has worked as a web application developer and architect for over 25 years. He has led the development of secure mission critical web applications and web services in the retail and financial services industries. Scott is an active member of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) and InfraGard. He is an Oracle certified java/web component developer, and has earned his CISSP and CSSLP certifications. Scott holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota in Mechanical Engineering. Scott lives in Minneapolis, and in the summer you will find him sailing his Flying Scot on Medicine Lake in the Twin Cities.\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/DoctorJava, DoctorJakarta)",
"session_title": "Zen and the Art of Making a Living",
"summary": null,
"description": "This presentation covers the four archetypes described in the book \"Zen and the Art of Making a Living\" by Laurence G. Boldt[1]. The presentation is not about career development, but rather about how archetypes can be helpful as we undertake our Life's Work.\r\n\r\nArchetypes are simply personas which we visualize to provide reassurance and guidance as we address various challenges. The archetypes described in this presentation will include:\r\n\r\n- The Hero\r\n- The Magician\r\n- The Warrior\r\n- The Scholar (Student-Sage)\r\n\r\nI read this book 25 years ago when I was exploring career strategies. I often reflect back on these four archetypes as I am tackling a variety of challenges in my work and life.\r\n\r\nI am looking forward to sharing this model as presented in the book, and hearing from the audience on models they have successfully used in addressing challenges.\r\n\r\n[1] ",
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"starts_at": "2020-10-13 09:30:00 -0500",
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"created_at": "2020-09-28 20:05:57 UTC",
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},
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"id": 1227,
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"presenter_name": "Jacob Mulholland",
"presenter_bio": "\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/kodmunki)\n- Twitter: @kodmunki",
"session_title": "The Simplest, Fastest Angular, React, Vue, and Web Forms Development Ever!!",
"summary": null,
"description": "Forms development has always been a cumbersome affair. From programatic I/O, to validation, to masking, developing a UX friendly form and doing so with a simple, clean, maintainable solution has been just short of impossible. Not anymore!\r\n\r\nku4web-components brings a simple, declarative \"HTML\" only solution to Angular, React, Vue and Vanilla Web. All solved with the same simple declarative solution. Zero cumbersome configurations. No external JavaScript. No transient state management.\r\n\r\nA validated form with masked inputs in Angular, React, Vue or Vanilla Web is as simple as:\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\nMore on `ku4-form` and more from `ku4web-components` at [ku4web-components.kodmunki.com](http://ku4web-components.kodmunki.com)",
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"starts_at": "2020-10-15 11:30:00 -0500",
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"created_at": "2020-09-28 18:48:51 UTC",
"updated_at": "2020-10-05 18:32:00 UTC"
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"id": 1226,
"participant_id": 3156,
"presenter_name": "Ken Krutsch",
"presenter_bio": "I’m a seasoned technology and operations executive, product architect, and user experience designer. \r\n\r\nMy mission in life is to create great products and customer experiences. My design and technical creativity has garnered the industry's highest recognition. \r\n\r\nOf note is Aireo for SoniqCast (CES Best of Show finalist in the Portable DAV category) and ICON Manager, winning numerous Editor’s Choice Awards as well as Best of Show finalist at VMworld. My clients benefit from 14 US patents, awarded as a result of my inventive product design.\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/krutschcom)",
"session_title": "WATCH, LISTEN, LEARN: HOW TO SETUP AND RUN A USER STUDY",
"summary": null,
"description": "A good UX design process breaks down big challenges by infusing fresh perspective with proven tools and techniques. However, none of these tools or techniques are more insightful or guiding than a user study. User studies recalibrate focus by uncovering key customer feedback and perceptions. They are the biggest driver of product innovation to create a competitive advantage.\r\n\r\nWe presented a 50 minute session last year called: EVERYWHERE UX at Minnebar 14 in 2019. We would like to continue the UX exploration for the Minnesota Tech community by diving deeper into last year's content; this time focusing on the specifics of designing and executing an effective user study.",
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"starts_at": "2020-10-08 09:00:00 -0500",
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"created_at": "2020-09-28 18:40:46 UTC",
"updated_at": "2020-10-05 18:31:59 UTC"
},
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"id": 1225,
"participant_id": 2954,
"presenter_name": "Nels Pederson",
"presenter_bio": "Partnerships at [Livefront](http://Livefront.com)\r\n\r\nStartup nerd, Board member, and former managing director of [Beta.MN](http://beta.mn) and [Twin Cities Startup Week](http://Twincitiesstartupweek.com)\n\n**Links:**\n\n- Twitter: @nelspederson",
"session_title": "The Startup Game Show",
"summary": null,
"description": "The Startup Game Show is an interactive jeopardy-style game show hosted by Nels Pederson and Sean Higgins, CEO of BetterYou. \r\n\r\nPlayers will be challenged on their MN startup knowledge for a chance to win some fabulous MN themed prizes.\r\n\r\nParticipating is simple! Simply show up and get ready to demonstrate your Minnesota Startup knowledge!",
"room_name": "Phalen Track",
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"starts_at": "2020-10-15 09:30:00 -0500",
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"created_at": "2020-09-28 18:23:42 UTC",
"updated_at": "2020-10-05 18:32:00 UTC"
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"id": 1224,
"participant_id": 208,
"presenter_name": "Paul DeBettignies",
"presenter_bio": "Paul DeBettignies is the Founder of Launch Hiring and is better known as “Minnesota Headhunter.” Recognized as a Talent Leader, for 25+ years Paul has sat at the intersection of talent advisory and talent strategy building software, tech, product and digital teams with startups and tech companies throughout the country with a focus on Minnesota and the Midwest while creating recruiting strategies for Fortune 500 clients.\r\n\r\nHe is a regional and national writer speaker, trainer, subject matter expert and trusted media source on recruiter, HR, career, job search, networking and social media topics.\r\n\r\nBorn and raised in Minneapolis, Paul despises bios and does not take himself as serious as this all sounds. He loves sunsets, fishing, gardening and still believes that one day the Gophers will go to the Rose Bowl.\r\n\r\nStay in contact with him by clicking: [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mnheadhunter) | [@MNHeadhunter](https://twitter.com/mnheadhunter) | [Minnesota Headhunter Blog](http://www.mnheadhunter.com)\r\n",
"session_title": "HOW TO RECRUIT LIKE A STARTUP",
"summary": null,
"description": "It's been a few years since I did this at Minnebar and I've been receiving a number questions from startups and enterprise companies (who are creating new teams) about how best to do this during these economic conditions.\r\n\r\nI'll give best practices including these topics:\r\n\r\nCareer site\r\n\r\nJob posts\r\n\r\nSourcing and recruiting\r\n\r\nEmployer branding\r\n\r\nCandidate experience\r\n\r\nVideo interviewing\r\n\r\nThis session is going to move very fast and it would help if you send your questions in advance => paul@mnheadhunter.com",
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"starts_at": "2020-10-06 11:30:00 -0500",
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"created_at": "2020-09-28 17:40:11 UTC",
"updated_at": "2020-10-05 18:31:59 UTC"
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"id": 1223,
"participant_id": 208,
"presenter_name": "Paul DeBettignies",
"presenter_bio": "Paul DeBettignies is the Founder of Launch Hiring and is better known as “Minnesota Headhunter.” Recognized as a Talent Leader, for 25+ years Paul has sat at the intersection of talent advisory and talent strategy building software, tech, product and digital teams with startups and tech companies throughout the country with a focus on Minnesota and the Midwest while creating recruiting strategies for Fortune 500 clients.\r\n\r\nHe is a regional and national writer speaker, trainer, subject matter expert and trusted media source on recruiter, HR, career, job search, networking and social media topics.\r\n\r\nBorn and raised in Minneapolis, Paul despises bios and does not take himself as serious as this all sounds. He loves sunsets, fishing, gardening and still believes that one day the Gophers will go to the Rose Bowl.\r\n\r\nStay in contact with him by clicking: [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mnheadhunter) | [@MNHeadhunter](https://twitter.com/mnheadhunter) | [Minnesota Headhunter Blog](http://www.mnheadhunter.com)\r\n",
"session_title": "Managing Your IT Career V12 (Why Do Recruiters Suck So Bad?)",
"summary": null,
"description": "This is my 12th year of doing this kind of presentation... a bunch of slides and then an invitation to continue the conversation.\r\n\r\nFrequent conversations I have had lately include (and bring what is on your mind):\r\n\r\nWhat is the local job market like right now?\r\nIs this a good time to look for a new job?\r\nThere have been a number of IT layoffs these past months... how do I play defense?\r\nThe economy, where are we?\r\nNetworking virtually, how to do it\r\nThe economy… how I see it now and as the year progresses\r\n\r\nSend your questions in advance => paul@mnheadhunter.com\r\n\r\nAnd every year someone asks, \"Why do recruiters suck so bad?\". I'll pull the curtain back on what it is like to be one now during COVID -19",
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"starts_at": "2020-10-10 10:30:00 -0500",
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"created_at": "2020-09-28 17:32:11 UTC",
"updated_at": "2020-10-05 18:31:59 UTC"
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"id": 1222,
"participant_id": 4177,
"presenter_name": "Nate Celeste",
"presenter_bio": "I’m Nate, currently a software engineer at Kipsu working on a mix of mobile and web development. Got my degree in CS from Case Western Reserve University in 2019, and have been working here in mpls ever since. I am also an organizer for [Mpls Jr. Devs](https://mplsjrdevs.com/)!\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/ntceleste)\n- Twitter: @ntceleste",
"session_title": "👻 🎃 Developer Horror Stories 🎃 👻",
"summary": null,
"description": "Everyone's got them - stories about really strange, funny, interesting, or horrifying things related to developing software. Come prepared to be entertained, and horrified, as developers from the MN Tech and Mpls Jr. Dev communities share some of their very own Developer Horror Stories. This event is open to anyone and everyone who's interested - whether you're an aspiring or less experienced developer, you've been coding your whole career, or you just want to be entertained - everyone is welcome, but be ready to be spooked. If you have a spooky story of your own, [submit it to read or to be read by someone else](https://forms.gle/VG4UxNuyeBCbfgmo7).",
"room_name": "Nokomis Track",
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"starts_at": "2020-10-06 09:00:00 -0500",
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"created_at": "2020-09-28 15:49:09 UTC",
"updated_at": "2020-10-05 18:31:59 UTC"
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"id": 1221,
"participant_id": 4174,
"presenter_name": "Lindsay Sacco",
"presenter_bio": null,
"session_title": "IS THE PRICE RIGHT?",
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"description": "Finding the right price for your products or services can feel daunting and experimental. If you find yourself looking at your competitors for price guidance or using cost-based pricing, you're missing an opportunity to use your pricing as a powerful marketing tool. \r\n\r\nThe good news? As long as you deeply understand your customer, you can confidently price your products and services right. In this session, we'll teach you how to apply the Value-Based Pricing framework to your business so you can develop a winning pricing strategy that will resonate with your customers. \r\n\r\nYou'll learn about the Voice of the Customer, identifying which of those voices is most powerful in your industry, and how to apply these insights to a value based-pricing framework and set your prices. This is a beginner-level session, for those currently trying to set their prices, or for those who are looking to deepen their knowledge of pricing best-practices. ",
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"session_title": "Tell Web Ads to Shut Their Pi-hole!",
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"description": "Speed up your browsing and protect your privacy and security by setting up a Pi-hole! It is free small DNS server that is \"a black hole for Internet advertisements\" that runs on a Raspberry Pi. We'll talk briefly about the Raspberry Pi, then learn how to setup Pi-hole on your network for use with all of your devices. With a low cost Raspberry Pi and an hour of setup time, we now surf faster and more securely, with nearly 40% of our DNS queries blocked. Its amazing how much more enjoyable using the web can be, you'll cry when you have to surf without it.",
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"description": "If hiring developers was hard before, it's even weirder now due to covid. This will truly be a crash course - come expecting to learn about salary ranges and hourly rates, current trends in the market, including covid and what to expect when hiring junior or experienced folks, along with diversity and where to find candidates. This session will hopefully be helpful for employers and job seekers alike - as engineers ourselves we'll share quite a few personal anecdotes and stories.",
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"presenter_name": "Ian Nemerov ",
"presenter_bio": "Ian Nemerov was the Minnesota state junior high chess champion many years ago and raced for Team USA at the 2017 world sprint triathlon championship. He is now a solo attorney and the Chair of the Edina Planning Commission. As a general counsel and executive attorney for technology companies, he was responsible for managing the software development process and all corporate legal matters, and played leadership roles in one major technology spin-off and three exits.",
"session_title": "Negotiation: Does My ZOPA Look Too Big To You?",
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"description": "Child and parents, buyer and seller, manager and employees, executive and board, partners - you are always negotiating and skill can make a big difference in outcomes. This session will discuss themes and strategies that could help you improve your negotiation abilities.",
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"presenter_name": "Andrew Brobston",
"presenter_bio": "Andrew Brobston is a principal software engineer at Hobsons, developing software to help academic institutions advise their students for success. Previously, he was a lead full-stack software developer at SJV Data Solutions, an Atlanta-area company specializing in background checks. Before SJV, he was a full-stack developer with Stack Overflow.\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/abrobston)\n- Twitter: @AndrewBrobston",
"session_title": "Launch a Cost-Effective Mentoring Program",
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"presenter_name": "Eve Poeschl",
"presenter_bio": "Eve thrives in the dynamic realm of technology and innovation, boasting a diverse career spanning roles as a Network Engineer, Software Developer, Product Owner, Business Analyst, and Solutions Architect. Presently, she spearheads digital teams at Boston Scientific, pioneering groundbreaking software for the revolutionary WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure therapy.\r\n\r\nBeyond her professional endeavors, Eve dedicates her nights to serving as the Vice-Chair of the Board for Minnestar, alongside her role as a distinguished judge for the Minnesota Cup high-tech division. Her remarkable contributions have garnered recognition, including the prestigious \"40-under-40\" award from the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal.\r\n\r\nDeeply ingrained in the Minnesota Tech Community, Eve exudes a passion for fostering connections and innovation. When not immersed in the digital realm, she indulges in culinary adventures at the trendiest eateries, uses ChatGPT to generate her bio, explores the world through savvy travel-hacking, and tends to her impressive collection of over 200 houseplants—a passion that evolved into a successful business venture in 2020.\n\n**Links:**\n\n- Twitter: @leca.addict on Instagram and Threads",
"session_title": "Introduction to semi-hydroponics to grow plants - no pipes, no pumps, no dirt! ",
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"description": "Have you been collecting a lot of house plants this spring and summer? Are you sick of those fungus gnats? Spilling dirt on your floor? Are you a terrible plant parent who forgets to water your plants and they die? \r\n\r\nDo you want to know how I keep 200+ plants alive and I only water once or twice a month? \r\n\r\nCome and learn about semi-hydroponics! I will give you a rundown of:\r\n\r\n- How to grow your plants in inorganic media such as clay balls and rocks (LECA)\r\n- How to transfer plants from soil to LECA\r\n- What kind of pots to use\r\n- How to mix nutrients for your plants (aka what plants crave)\r\n- The Kratky method which is a passive hydroponics method for growing fruits and vegetables\r\n- Live demo and a tour of my plant space!\r\n\r\nOur growing season outside is ending, so lets grow some stuff inside!\r\n\r\n\r\n",
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"presenter_name": "David Peteler",
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"session_title": "YOUR SERIES A FINANCING: THE LEGAL STUFF",
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"description": "This session will go over the major legal issues involved in doing a Series A financing. We will review basic documents and terms. We will also discuss important interactions between the financing terms and the legal documents, and point out some potential problem areas.",
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"presenter_name": "Grant Chandler",
"presenter_bio": "Educator and digital marketing generalist who knows enough about all the things to get them to work together and mean something. Key focuses in graphic design, email marketing, user experience, photography, small business and career coaching. Currently teaching web and graphic design certificate programs at [Normandale Community College](https://www.normandale.edu/continuing-education/visual-culture-the-demand-for-design) and running [Briarwood Consulting Services](https://briarwoodcs.com/).\r\nLikes to sew and build things.\n\n**Links:**\n\n- Twitter: @gjchandler",
"session_title": "Fancy At Home Video Studio: How to and Lessons Learned",
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"description": "With the rapid expanse of the working from home lifestyle, more and more people are forced to learn a thing or two about audio/video setups, lighting and microphones. We spend hours in front of our webcams and often make important first impressions with the hopes that our laptop webcam isn't from too strange of an angle and our audio doesn't sound like a trashcan rolling down a hill.\r\n\r\nI've had an in-home video studio for a few years and have recently switched all my design classes to be online. Because of this, I have had the chance to test a few things out and see what works and what doesn't. In this session, I will be talking through the key findings about my setup and provide guidance for a few different budgets on what you could do to get your system looking and working great. ",
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"presenter_name": "Sergey Tolkachev",
"presenter_bio": "I am a software developer and founder of a startup software company [256gl](http://256gl.com). Our goal is to deliver AI applications that have the ability to \"understand\". Prior to starting my own company, I worked as the CTO for Outsell, where we developed one of the first commercial ChatBots for car dealerships from 1999-2001. Before that, I was the Director of Academic Computing and an associate professor in the department of Applied Mathematics. My current research focuses on neural networks, contextual and conversational search, and building tools for personal assistants in healthcare, smart homes, and retail businesses. My credo is to merge science and engineering in harmony.\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/stolkachev)\n- Twitter: @stolkachev",
"session_title": "Next Web",
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"description": "Users don’t need millions of applications, they need interactive Web!\r\nhttps://youtu.be/et40qdGNOpc",
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"presenter_name": "Paul Himes",
"presenter_bio": "As a principal software engineer, Paul has over 10,000 hours of three-dimensional experiences at [Livefront](https://livefront.com).\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/paulhimes)\n- Twitter: @paulhimes@mastodon.social",
"session_title": "COMPUTER VISION ON IOS: DETECTING LOGOS",
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"description": "Last summer, General Mills relaunched the long-running Box Tops for Education program with a digital twist. Instead of clipping out rectangular cardboard logos from the tops of cereal boxes, users can now scan their grocery receipts with a mobile app to earn money for their schools.\r\n\r\nThis presented a unique user education challenge. What happens if a user tries to scan one of the old Box Top logos instead of a receipt?\r\n\r\nIn this talk you will hear about the process of developing a logo detector prototype for the Box Tops for Education app. See practical uses of computer vision techniques such as rectangle detection and perceptual hashing come together to provide a delightful experience for users.\r\n\r\nThis talk assumes no existing technical knowledge and is for anyone interested in ways computer vision can make your apps better.",
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"presenter_name": "Sean E. Williams",
"presenter_bio": "Sean E. Williams is the co-founder of TeleThera, Inc., a tele-medicine company connecting therapists and patients. For his day job, he's a certified design sprint facilitator who runs the Launch Coworking Space in Austin, MN, and the Mayo Clinic Business Accelerator in Rochester, MN.",
"session_title": "Everyday Design Sprints",
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"description": "Tired of online meetings that take forever, but don’t go anywhere? Want to streamline your project management process? \r\n\r\nLearn how to empower every participant, quickly identify problems, and come up with prioritized, actionable solutions in less time than a standard meeting - even while working remotely!\r\n\r\nUsing design sprint principles developed at Google Ventures, *Everyday Design Sprints* helps your team prioritize problems and make decisions more efficiently.\r\n\r\n*ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Sean E. Williams is the co-founder of TeleThera, Inc., a tele-medicine company connecting therapists and patients. For his day job, he's a certified design sprint facilitator who runs the Launch Coworking Space in Austin, MN, and the Mayo Clinic Business Accelerator in Rochester, MN.*",
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"presenter_name": "Zack Steven",
"presenter_bio": "I am a lifelong entrepreneur and leader who is passionate about good design, big ideas, and strong inclusive communities. \r\n\r\nI find the path from napkin to traction exhilarating and have traveled it multiple times personally and with clients. I am a Founding Partner of [Monkey Island Ventures](http://monkeyislandventures.com), and CEO of [Cloudburst, SBC](http://cloudburststudio.com) and I host the monthly [No-Code Coffee](https://no-code-coffee.kit.com/a17a71e671) meetup for non-technical entrepreneurs building tech companies. \r\n\r\nI have a degree in Studio Art from Grinnell College and have spent the past 20 years mastering the art of business in leadership roles across Product, Sales, Finance and Operations for organizations ranging from startups to public companies. At its best, business is sculpture - beautiful and useful. \r\n\r\nI hold several patents, am a Minnesotan on the Move award recipient, and have served on non-profit boards including MetroIBA, St. Paul Central High School Foundation and Unity Church-Unitarian. I am a native of The North and live in Edina with my wife and two sons.\r\n\r\nIf any of this aligns with your interests, let's connect on X: [@zacksteven](http://www.twitter.com/zacksteven) or in person at MinneBar. Just @ me.\r\n\r\n**Links:**\r\n\r\n- X: @zacksteven",
"session_title": "DITCH THE PITCH 2: A FOUNDER FRIENDLY VCQUEL",
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"description": "An updated version of last year's FOUNDER FRIENDLY WAYS TO GET STARTED AND GET FUNDED.\r\n\r\n*What if all the time spent building decks and pitching investors were instead invested in building things and pitching customers?*\r\n\r\nIf you're an early stage tech entrepreneur you may think that the VC/blitzscaling/unicorn path is the only option...\r\n\r\nGood news - it's not!\r\n\r\nFor many entrepreneurs, independence is more valuable than anything. There are new models and tools emerging that enable founders to get started more efficiently than ever and get funded while preserving options and control. This session will be an overview of some of the new no-code tools, financing models (indie.vc, Earnest Capital, Tiny Seed) and examples of entrepreneurs who are charting a different path.\r\n\r\nPlease bring your experience and your questions so we can learn from each other. ",
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"presenter_name": "Colin Lee",
"presenter_bio": "Colin is an experienced software engineer specializing in Android development. He worked for Mozilla on the Firefox for Android rewrite. He has worked for many successful companies in the past fifteen years, including Amazon, Flipgrid (acquired by Microsoft), Cray, Pearson VUE, and When I Work. He runs the Twin Cities Kotlin User Group in his spare time. He now works full-time for Meetup and enjoys traveling the world during their generous paid time off.\r\n\r\nHe has been programming since he learned BASIC on the TRS-80 computer in his parents' basement at age six. He has been writing Android apps since soon after the first Android phone launched and has done so professionally since the last space shuttle landed. In that time, he's probably been pitched every silly app idea and been offered a percent stake in the zero dollars most actually earned.\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/colintheshots)\n- Twitter: @colinmlee",
"session_title": "Your Code Security Blanket",
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"description": "Everything in software is broken.\r\n\r\nBreaches happen everyday. We get so many offers of free credit monitoring from companies that lost every bit of our data to the dark web that it makes no sense to buy any.\r\n\r\nIn the past few months, every certificate check on Windows was broken. Every VPN on non-Windows was broken. Every app and service seems to be breaking all of the time. Now, the most powerful bank trojan horses have been open-sourced for any criminal to use and improve.\r\n\r\nI’ll give a crash course in the best ways to not crash your apps with remote code execution.\r\n\r\nSecurity is not magic. Hackers don’t break your code like it appears in the movies. You can be a respected expert who other engineers come to for security advice. But it all starts with simple steps that any developer can perform.\r\n\r\nSome modern languages offer more safety than the gold standards like C/C++ or even Java. If you’re not aware of the ways in which programs break, you may not know which patterns to use and which to avoid. Not knowing what to look for, you could be allowing critical, zero-day security flaws to pass through your code reviews without even a warning.\r\n\r\nWe will examine well-known security exploits, how code broke, and how coding with style can help you avoid these problems.",
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"presenter_name": "Collin Flynn",
"presenter_bio": "Collin is a Principal Software Engineer with Livefront\r\n\r\n**Links:**\r\n\r\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/cdflynn)\r\n- Twitter: @collin_flynn",
"session_title": "Kotlin At 60fps ⚡️Write Hot Code Without Losing Your Cool",
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"presenter_name": "Lisa Walkosz-Migliacio",
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"description": "How many times have you installed/deleted an app from your phone because you just need the functionality once? I have better odds of guessing how many jelly beans are in the jar than guessing how many parking apps I've downloaded and deleted! \r\n\r\nFrom the perspective of phone users, one-time-use apps are clutter that get in the way of how they want to use their phone. **Ugh**. I guess the annoyance of downloading and deleting is better than trying to use a mobile-unfriendly website from my phone.\r\n\r\nApp Clips, coming this fall to iOS 14, is the solution to both of these problems. In this session, we'll answer your burning questions like:\r\n\"What is an app clip?\"\r\n\"How can someone discover my app clip?\"\r\n\"What do I need to create an app clip?\"\r\n\r\nIf you're determined to build the next great parking app, or if you're interested in learning how you can earn some love from users, this session is for you!",
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"session_title": "Closing the Feedback Loop: Learn and Build Faster",
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"description": "Have you ever spent hours solving what feels like it should be a simple problem in your code? Have you felt the pain of getting to the end of a sprint only to find feature you've spent the last week working on isn't actually what the customer wanted? Do you frequently find yourself having long conversations with the rubber duck you keep on your desk while you wait for your code to compile? \r\n\r\nThese all might be signs that your **feedback loop** is too long!\r\n\r\nThe length of your feedback loop is determined by the amount of time it takes from *doing* some work to when you see the *result* of that work. In this session we'll look at different ways you can increase your productivity by shortening your feedback loop and how short feedback loops are critical to the learning process.\r\n",
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"presenter_name": "Megan Singamsetty",
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"presenter_name": "Lynn Langit",
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"description": "Over the past few years I've hired a number of part-time, remote tech apprentices, all have gone on to get full-time jobs in tech. Join me to share tips and best practices in working with tech apprentices. Projects include cloud, DevOps or Dev - also machine learning. Cloud vendors include Azure, AWS or GCP. \r\n\r\nTopic will include\r\n- How to find candidates\r\n- Preparing/interviewing\r\n- Stages/Tools for working together\r\n- Graduating apprentices",
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"description": "It's been a busy year for epidemiologists, and surely you have questions. Wondering about COVID-19, social distancing, the difference between \"quarantine\" and \"isolation\", whether a wedding is a good idea (it's not), or something else? Come to this Q&A session to hear from a real live epi!\r\n\r\nPlease [submit your questions](https://forms.gle/NGToW9wQzgWWHTXg9) in advance, which will make it easier for Marijke to answer them during the session.",
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"presenter_name": "Erin Wagner",
"presenter_bio": "After kicking off her career in PR measurement for companies like GLOCK, Logitech, Boeing, and J&J, Erin has spent the past six years in *startup* mode working on projects ranging from solar marketing to computer vision. Erin is bringing her hard-won knowledge to bear with the launch of Gomigo, an app that helps users keep in touch with friends by automatically organizing hangouts that work for everyone.\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/ErinHWagner)\n- Twitter: @ErinHWagner",
"session_title": "The (Free) No-Code Platform I'm Using to Build My (Soon-To-Be) Million-Dollar App: A non-coder's introduction to AppGyver",
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"description": "For the past three months, I have been using AppGyver's Composer Pro to build Gomigo, an app that helps you keep in touch with friends by automatically planning hangouts that work for everyone. (Launching soon)\r\n\r\nIn this session, I'll give an overview of:\r\n1. What AppGyver can do\r\n2. How to get started\r\n3. Some of the more nuanced tricks and pitfalls I've encountered in my approximately 600 hours on the platform\r\n\r\nAppGyver is a sophisticated enough to build just about any app, but also simple enough for a non-coder to be able to do 95% of the work on their own. There is a learning curve, but the price tag (FREE for any project with less than $10 million in revenue or funding) makes it worth the while.",
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"presenter_name": "Luke Wilcox",
"presenter_bio": "Founder of Ethos (https://ethos.so), a FinTech platform helping consumers and investors align their spending with the causes they care about. Background in tech, social impact, and strategy consulting. Passionate about helping everyone participate in impact investing.\r\n",
"session_title": "Investing and consuming for impact in a pandemic",
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"presenter_name": "Tim Bornholdt",
"presenter_bio": "Hello! 👋 My name is Tim Bornholdt, and I'm an entrepreneur, developer, and podcaster.\r\n\r\nI'm a co-founder and partner at [The Jed Mahonis Group](https://jmg.mn). We specialize in building custom mobile software which helps businesses improve their processes. Some of our clients include Great Clips, Green Mill, Profile by Sanford Health, and USA CUP.\r\n\r\nI've also been a part of the founding team with several Twin Cities-based companies, including [mncraft.beer](https://mncraft.beer), [VSI Labs](https://vsi-labs.com), [parrot.md](https://parrot.md), and [Kwikly](https://joinkwikly.com).\r\n\r\nAs a software developer, I specialize in delivering custom mobile software, with an emphasis on the back end. I love working with Ruby on Rails. I've been building websites since I was in first grade, so I have a lot of experience with what works on the Internet.\r\n\r\nAs a podcaster, I host a show called [Constant Variables](https://constantvariables.co), where we explain how mobile app development works to people who don't like technical jargon. I also work on a show with Olympian Carrie Tollefson called [C Tolle Run](https://ctollerun.com). We get to interview elite athletes and other famous people who happen to be runners.\r\n\r\nBefore I started JMG, I wanted a career in commercial and online video production. I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to create videos for several organizations including Pepsi, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Unilever, and the Metropolitan Council.\n\n**Links:**\n\n- Twitter: @TimBornholdt",
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"description": " If you have a smartphone, you can host your own podcast. It’s that simple. \r\n\r\nBut for those with analysis paralysis or who want to nerd out over equipment and software options, this talk’s for you. \r\n\r\nI’ll get into the weeds of the right setup for your podcast, regardless of your previous podcasting experience. We’ll cover hardware, recording software, editing software, and hosting platforms. We’ll also talk about where you should physically record and what tasks you can outsource. We’ll wrap it up with an AMA (Ask Me Anything) about podcasting.\r\n\r\nI’ve been working on podcasts for more than 10 years. I host a show called Constant Variables (https://constantvariables.co), where we explain how mobile app development works to people who don't like technical jargon. I also work on a show with Olympian Carrie Tollefson called C Tolle Run (https://ctollerun.com), where we interview elite athletes and other famous people who happen to be runners.",
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"presenter_name": "Kris Eul",
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"session_title": "Building a Startup During a Pandemic ",
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"presenter_name": "Yaroslaw Bagriy",
"presenter_bio": "Digital product maker🎙Host https://newslettercrew.com/ Community manager http://indiestack.co/ Building a SaaS. Into newsletters, subscriptions, and communities.\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/yaroslawbagriy)\n- Twitter: @yarobagriy",
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"presenter_name": "Dan Lew",
"presenter_bio": "Dan Lew has code in his DNA and has been speaking since he was two years old. He's focused these skills on software development for the past two decades, working on many large applications (FlightTrack, Expedia, Trello) as well as maintaining some open source libraries and applications. Currently he works on the energy efficiency in cold storage at [SnoFox Sciences](https://www.snofox.com/).\r\n\r\nWhen not speaking, he's silent.\r\n\r\nYou can [contact him on Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/danlew42.bsky.social), [read his website](http://danlew.net/), or [stalk his commit history](https://github.com/dlew).",
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"session_title": "Following A Turtle's Path To Learn About Your Customers",
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"description": "A turtle race is a simple thing: pick a turtle, put it on the starting line, let it go. Turtles, though, have their own way of doing things and not all of them cross the finish line. Our customers can be much the same: we put them on the starting line, but their journey to the finish may not follow the path we expect – and there is a lot we can learn if we pay attention to our turtles…er…customers.\r\n\r\nThe turtle race follows a simple formula: pay your race entry fee, wait for your heat to be called, pick a turtle, carry it in its bucket of water to the race starting line, set it on the line when the race caller says, “Go!” and hope your turtle goes. Forward. In a mostly straight line. Much like a turtle race, we expect our customers to understand that by providing them with a nice bucket of water for travel, the freedom to Go! (hopefully forward), they will get to the finish line. Like those turtles, though, customers sometimes veer left or pull into their shells. Once we give them our product, our app, they may not use it the way we expect them to – so how can we learn from those turtles and customers who go their own way? Are there ways to think differently about your race track and provide a good experience for all of your racers? Through watching a turtle race in action, and walking through some examples of where customers behaved just like the turtles in the race, we can all learn to see the opportunities provided by watching the turtles who didn’t cross the finish line.",
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"presenter_name": "Mark Gritter",
"presenter_bio": "Mark Gritter is a Founding Engineer at Akita Software, his fourth startup experience, building API observability. Mark formerly worked at HashiCorp on the Vault team; co-founded Tintri, an enterprise storage company that IPOed in 2017; and was a day-one employee at Kealia, a video streaming startup acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2004.\r\n\r\nMark's previous Minnebar presentations have covered topics such as correctness of algorithms, combinatorial auctions, scaling a startup, building a file system, and procedural content generation.\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/mgritter)\n- Twitter: @markgritter",
"session_title": "Graph Grammars -- and Failure in Language Design",
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"description": "A graph grammar, or a graph rewriting system, is a set of production rules that modify graphs, just like a formal grammar modifies strings. Graph grammars have found applications in procedural content generation (like the game [Unexplored](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxMY6hsAzf8)), software verification, and Quantum Field Theory. We won't be covering that last one.\r\n\r\nSadly, most graph rewriting systems suck. They're quite hard to use, often with custom IDEs that make them unsuitable for embedding in a larger project. I tried to do better, and introduced a language called [Soffit](https://github.com/mgritter/soffit) as a ProcJam project in 2018. In 2019 I pushed the boundaries of what Soffit could do by [participating in the Advent of Code](https://github.com/mgritter/aoc-soffit). You can try Soffit through [an online front end](http://soffit.combinatorium.com/grammar).\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, Soffit mostly fails at its goals.\r\n\r\nBut hopefully you can learn something about graph grammars, constraint programming, category theory, and language design from my failure!",
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"presenter_name": "Plamen Miltenoff",
"presenter_bio": "Dr. Plamen Miltenoff is an information specialist and Professor at St. Cloud State University. His education includes several graduate degrees in history and library and information science and terminal degrees in education. \r\nHis professional interests include social media, multimedia, Web development and design, gaming and gamification and learning environments (LEs).\n\n**Links:**\n\n- Twitter: @@SCSUtechinstruc",
"session_title": "360 degrees Orientations: Intro to low-end Virtual Reality",
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"description": "Even prior to the pandemic, eXtended Reality (XR) was carving steadily a niche in the way we entertain, learn, work. With the pandemic, the need to conduct online activities became only more obvious. \r\nProbably, the most well-known application of 360 degrees orientation is the real estate switch from 2D pictures and videos to 360 degrees introductions to their product (selling properties). \r\nIn the short span of 50 min, we can introduce you to the ideas and definitions and the basics of creating a 360 degree orientations, which can be used as a foundation for further inquiry and training in virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality. \r\n",
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"presenter_name": "James Cox",
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"description": "When you try and do something new, It’s hard to not mess up along the way. This is a light hearted exploration of some of those mistakes, and ways they could have gone differently. \r\n\r\nPulling from my experiences as well as those of some friends, I explore a few decisions that could have gone differently, try to suggest some ways we could have done better, and chronicle the learnings we hopefully took from the experience.\r\n\r\nBecause, it’s like the saying goes, “we know a thing or two, because we’ve seen a thing or two”. ",
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"presenter_name": "Michael L Heuer",
"presenter_bio": "https://github.com/heuermh\r\n\r\nDad helping kids who love to build things.\r\n\r\nCurrently working remotely from Mpls for biotech startup Mammoth Biosciences, Inc. in San Francisco.\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/heuermh)",
"session_title": "Nextflow: Might scalable and reproducible workflows be useful for more than science?",
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"description": "In bioinformatics we have been obsessed as of late with repeatability and reproducibility\r\n\r\n[Ten Simple Rules for Reproducible Computational Research](https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003285)\r\n\r\nThere are now more workflow engines and technologies than there are ways to align DNA sequences\r\n\r\n[Computational Data Analysis Workflow Systems, an incomplete list](https://s.apache.org/existing-workflow-systems)\r\n\r\nIn my experience the best of these is the Open Source workflow manager Nextflow.\r\n\r\n[Nextflow](https://www.nextflow.io/) provides a domain-specific language (DSL) which greatly simplifies writing complex distributed pipelines. Nextflow workflows are portable and can be made reproducible.\r\n\r\nIn this session I will demonstrate writing and executing a simple Nextflow workflow and not talk at all about science. Or at least very little.\r\n\r\n...\r\n\r\nok, if you are a little bit curious about science, here is one we made for analyzing SARS-CoV-2 clinical samples: [https://nf-co.re/viralrecon](https://nf-co.re/viralrecon)",
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"presenter_name": "Eryn O'Neil",
"presenter_bio": "In her 13 years in the industry, Eryn O’Neil has been a developer, a tech lead, an independent consultant, a manager, and a director. Coming from the agency world, she has worked on everything from e-commerce and online promotions to crafting a proprietary framework and CMS. Her philosophy is to build software by placing humans first: both the people who will use it and the developers who will build it with you (and maintain it afterward).\r\n\r\nLiving in Minnesota, Eryn spends most of her free time teaching blues dancing, being a new mom, and wishing it weren’t snowing. You can follow her on Twitter at [@eryno](https://twitter.com/eryno).\n\n**Links:**\n\n- Twitter: @eryno",
"session_title": "Leadership Skills for the New Manager",
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"description": "You have the \"Engineering\" part of \"Engineering Manager\" figured out... but how about the \"Manager\" part?\r\n\r\nMany first time managers got the job because of their skill as a developer, despite the fact that programming and managing are two different jobs. To be effective, new managers must develop the leadership skills to guide their teams to success.\r\n\r\nIn this session, you will start to develop your own leadership style as we break down the squishier parts of the job: building a cohesive and high-performing team; motivating and retaining talented engineers; giving effective feedback; having difficult conversations; and more.\r\n\r\n[Note: This is a talk version of a 3.5 hour workshop, and it will be the first time it's delivered. I'll try to come back and update this description with the specific things that made the cut, but if I don't actually get to everything in that final paragraph, please don't hate me.\r\n\r\nOn the other hand, if there's something specific you're hoping doesn't get cut, let me know!]",
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"presenter_name": "Jeff Sussna",
"presenter_bio": " Jeff Sussna is an internationally recognized IT coach and design thinking practitioner. He specializes in helping digital organizations improve service quality through effective collaboration. His career spans more than thirty years of building systems and leading organizations across the entire product development and operations spectrum. Jeff is Founder and CEO of [Sussna Associates](https://www.sussna-associates.com), a Minneapolis consulting firm. Sussna Associates provides Agile, DevOps, and Design Thinking coaching and workshops for enterprises and software service providers such as United HealthCare, HealthPartners, Thomson Reuters, Best Buy, and Calabrio.\r\n\r\nJeff is a highly respected teacher, writer, and speaker. His keynote talks and workshops are in demand at design and IT conferences throughout the U.S. and Europe. He is especially known for introducing the global DevOps community to the importance of empathy, and is the author of [Designing Delivery: Rethinking IT In the Digital Service Economy](http://designingdelivery.com).\n\n**Links:**\n\n- Twitter: @@jeffsussna",
"session_title": "Avoiding the Pitfalls of Agile and DevOps",
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"description": "Do you struggle to answer any of the following questions:\r\n\r\n* How do we empower teams to make good business decisions?\r\n* How do we make sure everyone knows why they’re building what they’re building?\r\n* How do we deliver meaningful experience advancements and not just incremental improvements?\r\n* How do we scale Agile and DevOps without reintroducing friction and brittleness?\r\n\r\nIn this session I will identify common Agile and DevOps pitfalls behind these struggles. I will draw on many years of experience diagnosing and repairing broken Agile and DevOps implementations. I'll present a set of customer-centered principles that avoid the trap of “doing more work faster”. Finally, I’ll illustrate how to incorporate these principles into existing Agile and DevOps practices in order to deliver “the right thing at the right time for the right reasons”.",
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"presenter_name": "Matt Decuir",
"presenter_bio": "Matt (he/him) is a software engineer, entrepreneur, and Minnestar board member. Past projects include [Invisible Network](https://www.invisiblenetwork.com/), [Mpls Jr Devs](https://mplsjrdevs.com/), and [OMG Transit](https://omgtransit.com).\n\n**Links:**\n\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/experimatt)\n- Twitter: @experimatt",
"session_title": "Your domain has expired: stories behind domains we’ve let lapse",
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"description": "Have you ever had a great idea, bought a domain for it, and then subsequently never done anything with it? Or maybe you let it lapse long ago, and deeply regret it now.\r\n\r\nIf that hits close to home, then this is the session for you!\r\n\r\n**What to expect**\r\n\r\nThis will be an audience participation-heavy session. Come prepared to share your favorite domain and the idea/story behind it, and also to be entertained.\r\n\r\nWith this session being fully virtual, you'll be able to share either via the chat in Crowdcast, or tell it live (with video) using Streamyard.\r\n\r\nWith only 25 minutes, we hope to hear as many domain stories as possible.",
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"presenter_name": "Adeel Ahmad",
"presenter_bio": "Founder/Principal at [Lab 1908](https://lab1908.com), a startup studio in St. Paul. \r\n\r\nInvestor/advisor at a bunch of startups around Twin Cities and San Francisco. \r\n\r\n\r\n**Links:**\r\n\r\n- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adeelahmad/)\r\n- [The Misophonia Podcast](https://misophoniapodcast.com)",
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"description": "After a great mini-Minnebar in April during lockdown, I'm pumped to bring the full, expanded version back. This is the BEST time to start and launch a project. Many great companies start during downturns, and the only way to go is up.\r\n\r\nThis is the fourth year for this talk and as always it will be packed with real world tips, tools, resources, anecdotes, and real talk to inspire you to start (and finish) that project lurking in your head. This is not another panel session. This talk is always fast-paced and very tactical.\r\n\r\nMany people still think side projects are distractions that don’t lead to anything serious. But the biggest ideas usually start small, accidentally and evolve organically before changing the world. Here you’ll pick up plenty of tools for anyone with no time and no money to get that software idea off the ground.\r\n\r\nI'll go over things like:\r\nWhy bootstrap or do a side project?\r\nWhat if I can't code?\r\nCan I use AWS/Google/Azure to code less?\r\nWhat about design?\r\nWhat if I don't have the money?\r\nHow do I get users?\r\nWhat are the best cheap ways to market?\r\nHow do I validate it?\r\nHow to launch on a shoestring?\r\nHow much time will this take?\r\nWhat about XYZ myth that says I can't do this?\r\nWhat about XYZ reason to keep procrastinating?\r\n",
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"presenter_name": "Andrew Haisting",
"presenter_bio": "Andrew writes, reviews, and ships top quality code at [Livefront](https://livefront.com/).",
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"description": "Are you tired of fixing formatting issues during code review? Have you thought about adding \"Detekt\" to your Android project, but got intimidated by the setup documentation? Have you ever wanted to track and report unit test coverage on an Android codebase? At Livefront, we've spent the last year focusing on using static checks to keep our codebases squeaky clean and saving code review for difficult architectural decisions instead of fickle formatting fiascos. \r\n\r\nThis talk is primarily aimed at Android engineers, though there will be some general commentary on the value of static checking and unit test coverage reporting. In this talk I'll walk through the tools we use on our Android projects, including but not limited to:\r\n\r\n- Our new open source library, \"Shroud\", used to report unit test coverage.\r\n- \"Android lint\" which helps us catch bugs before they hatch.\r\n- \"Detekt\" which keeps our kotlin files squeaky clean.\r\n- Git push hooks to keep CI errors rarer than a thunderstorm in December. \r\n\r\nAndrew is an Android engineer at Livefront. ",
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