NewsStack: Here's Why Innovative Businesses Choose Saint Paul

City of St. Paul sent this bulletin at 01/17/2020 11:10 AM CST

Here’s Why Innovative Businesses Are Choosing Saint Paul

Innovative businesses are moving to Saint Paul, including one company that recently moved its headquarters and 120 employees to Saint Paul’s Midway area from Hudson, Wisconsin. Meet Alula.

Alula’s decision to move to Saint Paul was carefully considered among many different options, but there were several things about the city that appealed to their team, according to CEO Brian McLaughlin.

“We found Saint Paul to be very accommodating from the Mayor on down. There’s been tremendous outreach from the community, whether it’s Full Stack or others, and a lot of ambition around business, commerce, and technology.”

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Opportunities

The OnRamp Insurance Conference is coming to Allianz Field on Tuesday, April 7! The conference brings together the insurance industry’s leading corporations, investors and startups.

Start ups interested in pitching corporate venture capital and innovation executives from participating insurance companies should apply by Saturday, February 1! All startup track applicant receive complimentary conference registration.

Learn more at onrampinsuranceconference.com/startups.

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) is accepting applications for their SciTechsperience Internship program. SciTechsperience connects small Minnesota businesses with college STEM majors for paid internship experiences. Employers receive a wage match of 50% of the intern’s wages (worth up to $2,500), and at least 200 wage matches are available while supplies last on a first-come, first-hire basis.

What are you waiting for? Apply on SciTechMN.org

Is someone you know ready for a career in tech? MSP TechHire has scholarships available for accelerated learning programs in the Twin Cities including:

Full Stack software development bootcamp and user experience design program at Prime Digital Academy
Hardware technical support and IT training programs at Creating IT Futures
Software development bootcamp in either Java or .NET/C# languages at Software Guild

To learn more, visit stpaul.gov/msptechhire.

Events

The Coven is rising in Saint Paul! Stop by anytime on Tuesday, January 28 to tour The Coven's new location at 165 Western Ave N. (Suite 8). Mayor Carter and the Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce will help open the space with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Coworking space will be available all day, with a happy hour starting at 4 p.m.

Tickets are free but RSVP to secure your spot at thecoven.com/member-events.

Green Card Voices is celebrating the launch of their new book Green Card STEM Voices: Stories from Minnesota Immigrants Working in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math with an afternoon of networking, panels and celebration. New connections start building on Saturday, February 15 at the Science Museum of Minnesota.

Registration is free and the resources invaluable! Learn more at eventbrite.com/e/building-leadership-capacity-for-immigrants-in-stem-tickets-70348168265.

Brought to you by Full Stack Saint Paul, a collaboration between the City of Saint Paul and the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce to help tech and innovation sector businesses start-up and scale-up in Saint Paul and build upon the history of businesses that have already contributed to the tech and innovation ecosystem. We promote the story of innovation in Saint Paul, support talent pipelines, and facilitate the ecosystem for innovative companies.