I’ve been apart of a number of conversations recently regarding web startups in Minneapolis/Saint Paul. It’s curious.

I think we’re bound by the culture. Yet, I wonder if we can leverage that culture in someway and push the current community. Towards what? Towards an increase in delivered solutions. We live here but we don’t necessarily have to think here.

The Scandinavians and farms in our linage have influenced us to be stable, to take little risk, to fit-in and thereby stick to our jobs. Not terrible traits. We also have a tendency toward equity and an interest in making things work. After all that’s what you do on the farm.

I think there’s significant enough potential for our Midwestern-ness to be modified for increased yield in the startup space to be having discussions and asking questions. Foremost on my mind… where is there a climate where we can hybrid our tendencies with that of start-up activity? Does such a thing exist? We have hybrid crops. Why not have a hybrid climate of our culture traits and startup community traits?
So, why this post? Because I wanted to say “I am excited by the prospect. I am thinking about this.” You?

Down on the farm when you need a windmill you’d piece one together. You make it with what you have. We’ve have the Midwest. We have the internet. Do we want to a startup farm?

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