Announcing the Presenters of Minnedemo41

After watching social workers panic over CE credit spreadsheets, Carl built Course Counter – an app that scans certificates and tracks continuing education for licensed professionals. No more spreadsheets, no more missed deadlines, no more audit anxiety. License compliance made simple.

Presenter: Carl Wills
Website | LinkedIn

🛠️ Built with: Flutter, Supabase, Loops, OneSignal, Firebase

GlueStick is a kids’ creative copilot, inspiring them to do more arts, crafts, and hands-on science projects at home with supplies they already have. Designed and built by parents who want to teach their kids to use devices as tools instead of mindless distractions (or worse), GlueStick supports families’ entire creative journey from setup to cleanup with AI-powered supply recognition, step-by-step tutorials, and unlockable digital rewards.

Presenter: Abby Allen
Website | LinkedIn | Instagram

🛠️ Built with: FlutterFlow, Vertex AI, Supabase, Python

Happo is known for helping teams catch visual bugs with powerful screenshot testing. Now, we’re bringing that same magic to accessibility. In this demo, we’ll show how developers can surface accessibility issues across their entire UI—automatically—using the same tools and workflows they already rely on. With accessibility standards gaining urgency worldwide, this is a timely, practical solution you won’t want to miss.

Presenter: Joe Lencioni
Website | LinkedIn

🛠️ Built with: axe-core, Kubernetes, JavaScript, TypeScript, Docker, AWS, DigitalOcean, Google Cloud, Redis, MySQL, CSS, HTML, Next.js, React, Node.js

Customers expect instant updates. In ecommerce that means self-service delivery pictures, status, and documents. But how do you deliver a B2C-level experience with a legacy B2B tech stack?

That’s where Liminal Network comes in, with tools are designed to easily connect your existing systems with your partners, enabling the experience your customers and users want without a capital project.

Presenter: Hillary Drake
Website | LinkedIn

🛠️ Built with: hosted on AWS, our tech is built from the ground up by CTO Josiah Carlson (native of Vermillion, MN and Macalester College grad). The backend is primarily Python.

Navigating the skyways of Minneapolis is easier than ever with Skyway.run. Now you can search for lunch spots, get directions and check which buildings are open or closed all from your phone’s web browser.

Presenter: Hank Brekke-Peer
Website

🛠️ Built with: AWS Lambda and CloudFront, NodeJS, C++, OSRM, Tilemaker, LitJS, MapLibre

Spiral Betty is an image filter site that allows users to transform photos into unique two-tone designs, including spirals, dots and lines. Originally created for fun in 2018, Spiral Betty became an unexpected global sensation, gaining widespread popularity on platforms like TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.

Presenter: Shalanah Dawson
Website | Instagram | GitHub

🛠️ Built with: Typescript, React, AWS, Github Actions, Redux RTK, Canvas, RAF, Vite, TanStack Router, started out as a create-react-app 

Species360, a Minnesota-based nonprofit, is revolutionizing wildlife conservation with Taxon Profiles, a new tool that transforms the world’s largest repository of animal data into a powerful resource for saving species. A “one-stop-shop” where wildlife professionals can instantly access critical information like medical care, reproductive analytics, and survival rates – the team is modernizing a legacy system and using advanced analytics to turn data into a powerful force for conservation action.

Presenters: Laura Gaucher, Katelyn Mucha + Rachel Thompson
Website | LinkedIn | Instagram

🛠️ Built with: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft SQL Server, Auth0, .NET, C#, Node, Ext JS & Vue, Bootstrap, Kotlin, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, Yarn, TypeScript, React, MUI, ElasticSearch