Build the Minnesota directory with us
ThisIsMN is a directory of Minnesota businesses, events and places. The partner pilot is how we work with the organizations that already hold this information: chambers with member lists, public agencies with services to publish, and software companies that want the data inside their own products.
It is early. We are taking a small first group so we can do the work properly with each one rather than run a signup queue. The directory currently holds 11,541 live business listings.
Three tracks, because you want different things
A chamber wants its members found. An agency wants a defined pilot with terms in writing. A software company wants an API and a support contact. Pick the one that describes you.
Chambers and business associations
You already keep a member list and you are tired of keeping it in three places.
A member roster you control and one public page your members share.
Read the detailsCities, counties and public agencies
You publish information residents and business owners need, and it is hard to find.
A scoped pilot with agreed terms before anything goes live.
Read the detailsTechnology and integration partners
You build software Minnesota businesses use and you want our data in it.
API access and a direct line to the people who maintain the data.
Read the detailsWhat a partner gets
- A partner console listing every business you manage, with claim status for each one and a CSV export you can take away at any time.
- A public page at thisis.mn/partners/your-organization once your application is approved, listing the businesses on your roster.
- A direct contact here rather than a support queue, for as long as the pilot runs.
The console is reached with an account on ThisIsMN. You do not need one to apply. If you apply without one we link an account when we approve you.
What we need from you
- One named contact who can answer questions and make decisions.
- The list you already keep, in whatever shape it is in. A spreadsheet is fine and normal.
- Honesty about what is wrong with the data. Every list has stale rows and we would rather know.
- Enough time to look at what we build and tell us when it is not right. That feedback is the point of a pilot.
Organizations in the pilot
No organizations have completed the pilot intake yet
This list fills in as applications are approved, and it only ever names organizations that have agreed to be here. If it is still empty when you read it, you would be first.
Look at the three tracksWhat happens after you apply
- 1. Your application lands in a review queue that a person reads. Nothing is automated.
- 2. We reply by email, including when the answer is no or not yet.
- 3. If it is a fit, we agree what the pilot covers in writing before any data moves.
Not sure which track you belong in, or want to ask something first? Use the contact page.