If you have a passion for change, you should consider yourself an entrepreneur. Diane Rucker, Executive Director of University Enterprise Laboratories, has extensive experience in technology and innovation, and she joins the show to chat about redefining entrepreneurship, the soft skills needed to be a well-rounded developer, the criticality of business partners who look at things differently than you, and the state of startups in Minnesota compared to the coasts.

In this episode, you will learn:

• The purpose of intellectual property protections for startups


• Why developers should learn soft skills and how to balance them with learning hard skills


• Why entrepreneurship should be redefined as having a passion for change


• How it’s really hard to start a business by yourself and why sounding points are critical


• Diane’s thoughts on the state of the Minnesota startup ecosystem today and how corporations can help or hinder the ecosystem


• Common mistakes of building digital products and startups

This episode is brought to you by The Jed Mahonis Group, where we make sense of mobile app development with our non-technical approach to building custom mobile software solutions. Learn more at https://jmg.mn.

Recorded April 27, 2021 | Edited by Jordan Daoust | Produced by Jenny Karkowski

Show Notes:

University Enterprise Laboratories website

Diane’s email

Diane Rucker on LinkedIn and Twitter

Outliers by Malcom Gladwell

Sezzle’s IPO

JMG Careers Page

Email careers@jmg.mn