From the Strib’s Patent Pending blog, Philip Wright, managing partner of Eden Prairie-based BrokerBank Securities Inc., says:

The State of Minnesota is sorely missing risk-takers these days. Innovation is there, but the financiers want surethings and vc’s are usually owned by very conservative investors with limited time horizons.

@GraemeThickins summing up the MinneBar panel “State of the State: Technology in Minnesota” (full audio):

[W]e’re too risk-averse here…knock down those tendencies, let’s go!

We’re hella smart and talent-rich, but we need to grow an entrepreneurial pair.