The Archive, Past news & early history :

2008

• Dan Mallin speaks at The Collaborative's 2008 Summer Venture Camp
• Twin Cities Angels invests in Recon Robots
• Dan Mallin speak at Innovator Networks "Business of Innovation " event
• Scott Litman speaks at Twin Cities Entrepreneurs Event
• Twin Cities Angels invests in Minnesota companies Vixar and EcoEnvelopes
  

2007

• SDWA portfolio company Spot by Spot acquired by Comcast
• SDWA portfolio company LUSSO passes 100 Member Milestone (PDF)
• SDWA invests in Bard's Tale Beer, Dan Mallin joins Board of Directors
• Reside joins SDWA Affiliate and Resource Network (PDF)
• Litman and Mallin speak at Minnesota's Entrepreneur event (PDF)
• Dan Mallin Speaks at the Project Management Institute
• MN Cup & GetGo join leading organizations in supporting entrepreneurs at the Summer Venture Camp hosted by The Collaborative (PDF)
• Dan Mallin featured as Minnesota Business' 'Power Player' (PDF) (Minnesota Business)
• Guy Kawasaki comes to MN Entrepreneurial Community, Pre-Announce 3rd annual MN Cup and GetGo
• GetGo reaches 1000 members in first month (Star Tribune)
• Litman and Mallin launch GetGo in Minnesota with Governor Pawlenty (Business Journal)
• SDWA helps the Minnesota Military Appreciation Fund(MMAF) bring Tom Friedman to MN - raise nearly $1 MM for MN troops (Star Tribune)
• SDWA portfolio client, HealthSimple sold to J&J
• 3rd Annual Minnesota Cup launches
• Litman and Mallin join Board of Directors at ARA Content
• SDWA joins Twin Cities Angels investor network

2006

• SDWA portfolio company, LUSSO Collection launches
• Litman is keynote speaker at Minnesota Small Business Expo, Launch 2nd year MN Cup (PDF)
  
• Litman and Mallin named to PICC STAT advisory Board
• SDWA assists business partner Haberman & Associates launch the U.S. Pond Hockey Championship (PDF) (Sports Illustrated)

2005

• Litman and Mallin launch Minnesota Cup with Gov. Pawlenty (Kare 11 News)
• Scott Litman speaks at the Minnesota Venture Conference
• Litman and Mallin speak at "First Tuesday", hosted by U of M Carlson School of Management
• Litman and Mallin join Board of Overseers for MMAF
• Litman speaks at Minnesota Small Business Expo
• Sen. John McCain speaks at MMAF event, raises nearly 900K for MN troops (Star Tribune)
• digital@JWT ranked among top 50 U.S. interactive agencies

2004

• Litman and Mallin leave J. Walter Thompson (Star Tribune)
• Litman and Mallin selected as finalists for E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year (PDF)
• connect@JWT redesigns Cargill's web presence (Star Tribune)
• Scott Litman speaks at MIMA event on interactive marketing
• connect@JWT ranked 1st among Twin Cities Web Development & Design Agencies (Star Tribune)
• digital@JWT renamed connect@JWT (Star Tribune)
• digital@JWT ranked among top 10 U.S. interactive agencies

2002

• digital@JWT/Imaginet ranked 1st among Twin Cities Web Development Firms (PDF)
• Litman honored as notable Alumni from U of M CLA
• Scott Litman speaks at Minnesota Interactive Marketing Summit (PDF)
• WPP acquisition gives Imaginet global reach (PDF)

2001

• Litman and Mallin selected as E&Y Finalists for Entrepreneur of the Year
• Imaginet acquired by WPP / J. Walter Thompson - create digital@JWT (Business Journal. Other sources include NY Times, Wall Street Journal, StarTribune, Pioneer Press)
• Imaginet ranked among Top 25 Web Development Firms (PDF)
• Imaginet's unique company Culture (Entrepreneur Magazine)

2000

• Imaginet named 'Great Places to Work'
• Imaginet triples revenues
• Imaginet plans national rollout (Business Journal)
• Imaginet focuses on serving existing clients
• Imaginet enhances web presence of U.S. Marine Core (Twin Cities Business)
• Dan Mallin speaks at E-business Seminar for Carlson School of Managements Executive MBA Program (PDF)
• Dan Mallin teaches Sales Management at Carlson School of Management's Executive MBA Program (PDF)
• Imaginet continues growth(Star Tribune)

1999

• Imaginet annouces alliance with HP
• Imaginet secures contract with Dain Rauscher
• Imaginet regains independence
• Imaginet Relocates (PDF)
• SDWA Ventures, LLC buys back Imaginet from Imation, relaunches the business with partner Skip Gage (PDF)
• City Business names Dan Mallin '40 under 40' (PDF)

1998

• Imation forms Partnership with WBK Marketing (PDF)
• City Business names Scott Litman '40 under 40'

1997

• Imaginet acquired by 3M's Imation

1996

• Imaginet assist 3M with spin-off of Imation, creating Imation.com, the first multi-billion dollar company to exist online before brick and mortar.

1995

• Imaginet becomes one of the first regional companies to focus on web development services for Fortune 500 companies

1991

• Imaginet, Inc. launched. Becomes one of the first NeXT Computer Dealers in the U.S. and the first new dealer for Apple Computer in the region in over three years.

1988

• Litman competes in Apple's Computer of the Year 2000 contest (Star Tribune)[br}