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Here are Minne Inno's 2018 Coolest Companies Nominees


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Minne Inno's Coolest Companies Competition, our first annual awards celebration highlighting local startups and businesses with the best culture, is now in full swing and we're excited to kick off our inaugural season with a great group of nominees.

We asked you tell us about your business, its perks and why your company's the coolest. And though you gave us a lot of different reasons – including free lunches, charitable initiatives, group trips and much, much more – it was clear that, at the end of the day, if you love going to work everyday, then that's really cool.

We'll be announcing our five winners "Superlative Style." The Inno team will determine which superlatives best fit the winners based off the nominations sent in. The final five winners will be chosen by readers' choice voting - and all will be crowned live at the event.

Now, here’s a look at the nominees in this year’s Coolest Companies competition. The below was culled from our complete list of nominees, along with some additional internal reporting. Be sure to grab a ticket to the party on Sept. 13 at 514 Studio, where we’ll crown readers’ choice winners and a few other category winners. And don’t forget to send in your votes for readers’ choice. Vote here or below!

26 Letters 75F Aelios Technology Asiya Sport Astropad Best Buy Branch Messenger Bunker Labs Civic Eagle ClickSWITCH Cloudburst deltPRO Dignity by Design Dispatch EDIAdmin Edji EduCharacter ExpressionMed Fallon Field Nation Finnegans Flyover Country Foundation Technology Foundry Fueled Collective GogyUp GoKart Labs Gopher Angels GoRout Great North Labs Green Garden Bakery HabitAware Hitch Health Hydra FPV ID Insight ilos Videos Impact Hub Inkit Inspectorio Kaleidoscope Kipsu Live.Give.Save., Inc. Local Crate Loup Ventures Lunar Startups MANBOAT Matchstick Ventures MicroOptx Midwest Pantry Minnestar Mobineo ModernWell Monicat Data Nice Healthcare Player's Health ProcessBolt Rambl Recovree Reemo Runerra Running Tap Silicon Prairie Portal Sofia Fund Software for Good Soundly Spark DJ Sportsdigita Starting 11 StemoniX Structural Sundog Interactive TackleBar Take 12 Tech Dump The Coven The Nerdery UnderRecruited Preps Upsie URTURN Venn Foundation Vugo When I Work WorkMand Zeus Jones

Is there a cool company that we missed? If you want your company to be considered, send a short pitch to Maddy Kennedy (mkennedy@americaninno.com)

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