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Startup weekend success UnStuck promotes cold weather kindness with app concept

UnStuck, an app concept applying rideshare principles to winter Good Samaritanism, took second place at Techstars’ annual Startup Weekend in Fargo in April. Nolan Borchardt, an NDSU junior and member…

Mariah Billadeau offers a potential sustainable replacement for microplastics in fashion with EcoTex concept

The NDSU Innovation Challenge helped NDSU junior Mariah Billadeau meet interested collaborators for EcoTex, an environmentally-friendly textile concept. Billadeau will present at 1 Million Cups Fargo on Wednesday, April 24.…

Fargo-Moorhead Internships announced at 1 Million Cups

The snow might be falling, but businesses are gearing up and preparing for summer. Fargo- Moorhead businesses gathered at 1 Million Cups Fargo Intern Day to present their internship opportunities.…

Homilink: Connecting Humans to the Internet

Ted Zipoy and Timothy Straus are two college students that have launched Homilink, a company on a mission to connect people more and more with the internet-of-things. Inspired by the…

The 6 must do things as a Freshman in Fargo-Moorhead

Written by: Austin Sandmeyer Congratulations! By some stuck of luck and fortune, you are lucky enough to call the Fargo-Moorhead region home for the next four years. Let me be one…

Mentors: The Best Friends You Can Have in Business

Author: Dean Scott Beaulier  I recently had lunch with a Fargo business leader who shared with me a bit about his path to success. I always enjoy hearing insight into…

Innovative Start-Up Creates New Business Ventures

Barry Batcheller is a North Dakota State University graduate and honorary doctorate recipient who has charted the entrepreneurial course during his career and is now opening doors for more entrepreneurs…

A Failure is a Terrible Thing to Waste

Written by: Scott A. Beaulier Setting the Goal I was young; I was fit; and this was an “easy” goal for me to bag. On the day of the race in…

B-School: My Vision

Written by: Scott A. Beaulier In recent years, business programs — both undergraduate and graduate — have been criticized as irrelevant and disconnected from the “real world.” Just 20 years ago…