A recent
Talking Tech column in
USA Today highlighted the beneficial climate for tech startups in the Twin Cities.
The newspaper's columnist visited
CoCo, the shared workspace with locations in St. Paul and Minneapolis, and talked with entrepreneurs at companies like
Mobiata and
QONQR.
The article also included comments from a tech analyst based in Minneapolis who noted that the Twin Cities are giving Chicago and other tech areas a good amount of competition. As driving factors, he nodded toward the schools, people, big companies, and history of innovative thinking in the local area.