MHTA – A broad coalition of small businesses, organizations and nonprofit groups is lining up to testify on the impact of Governor Mark Dayton’s budget proposal. The Minnesota House Taxes committee will take public testimony on the budget Wednesday evening at a Capitol hearing.
Take advantage of Minnesota’s tax credits
MHTA – MHTA is supporting Minnesota Cup, the University of Minnesota and others as they host a session on how tech entrepreneurs and innovators can take full advantage of the state’ tax credits. The event will be Tuesday morning at the Carlson School of Management on the U of M campus.
CoCo announces Google partnership
MHTA – CoCo has announced it will partner with Google to boost entrepreneurship in Minnesota. Working with the Google for Entrepreneurs program, CoCo will host a two-year schedule of events, conferences and social mixers at its Minneapolis location – all with a focus on technology and startups.
MHTA to hold Legislative Action Briefing
MHTA – The Minnesota High Tech Association will hold a Legislative Action Briefing March 7th at the Best Buy Headquarters. The briefing, which will be free to members and non members, will focus on helping technology companies and their employees understand the impact of Governor Dayton’s plan to extend the sales tax to business-to-business services. Registration is available online.
Patent changes produce a flurry of activity
MHTA – Next month, the most significant changes changes in the U.S. patent system in 60 years will be implemented. But Minnesota science and innovation companies and their intellectual property attorneys are already busy anticipating a very different system.
- Thank you for sponsoring - it will be a great event! @PRFTMinneapolis: @MHTA Looking forward to the WLiT event tonight at the Radisson Blu!
- #STEM ed day today at @MHTA ACE Leadership- thanks to @DPaulsonSTEM for joining us! Learn more about our work in STEM http://t.co/KXGMNSqtak
- The application window for @minnesotacup closes on 5/17 at 11:59 PM. $200,000 awarded to the best ideas in MN! http://t.co/VgeA2gAb4q
- Minnesota's tech industry employs 124,400 in 2012 - help us keep growing! http://t.co/Qg0gCAw3UA
- @MHTA Member Commentary: Custom software tax unfairly targets tech firms - http://t.co/0HDCiXvGPp






