While listening to Minnesota Public Radio during my morning commute, I occasionally hear a great catchy phrase from a program sponsor, Saturn Sytems. Their slogan is: Off Shore to the North Shore (of Lake Superior)! Their slogan is indicative of the changing software industry. Inshoring is becoming a new trend, and those of us who live in regions like northern Minnesota can effectively compete in today's software industry.
How many of you have heard of the town Two Harbors, Minnesota? The point in my question is it really does not matter where Two Harbors is located, but if you visit (and you should!), you'll find another great software firm, PureDriven.
Both of these companies are evidence that while back in 2008, we all were riveted and paying attention to Thomas Friedman's new book, The World is Flat, in 2013 the rules have changed once more. Although Bangalore is still a force to be reckoned with in the software industry, so are Duluth and Two Harbors. Saturn Systems and PureDriven are just two examples. Interesting! Could Two Harbors be the new Bangalore!?
Finally, to close this post you may enjoy a video I created back in 2011 which was titled: The World is NOT Flat (read original blog post). In addition, you should consider joing the newly created LinkedIn Group: Silicon Lakeshore.
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The World is Not Flat from Rich Hoeg on Vimeo.
Rich,
Thank you for your kind comments. We enjoy being in a very beautiful place in Minnesota and still having the opportunity to service our clients throughout the U.S.
Christopher Swanson
Posted by: Christopher Swanson | January 25, 2013 at 05:43 AM