Month: May 2015

Drone Focus Conference in Fargo next week

In just 5 days, on Wednesday, June 3, Fargo will host a first-of-its-kind Drone Focus Conference at the Fargo Jet Center. All drones, all day. Spurring from the successful monthly…

Why techies should all be softies

[Today’s post comes from David Batcheller, President and COO at Fargo-based electronic manufacturing company Appareo Systems. He also started The Speaker’s Bureau, which brings professionals into classrooms. Recently, David spoke…

Bio-based 3D printing spool by 3Dom is first of its kind

Fargo 3D Printing officially launched their filament manufacturing spin-off, 3Dom USA, on May 19 with the introduction of a 100% bio-based 3D printing spool that is the first of its…

This week at 1 Million Cups: Chris Bledsoe, Bluescape

Taking the stage this week at our weekly 1 Million Cups event, all the way from Napa, CA, is Chris Bledsoe, the Senior Director of Evangelism and Partner Solutions at…

5 tips for running a successful niche meet-up group

Today’s article comes from local curly-haired game-maker extraordinaire, Mr. Kyle Weik. When he’s not working on his globally popular game On My Own, Weik runs a monthly meet-up called the…

Culture is everything: 4 take-aways from Cultivate.you 2015

The third annual Cultivate.you event by Arthur Ventures was held yesterday morning, May 20, at the Fargo Theatre packed with over 800 people. The 2-hour event is held each year…

Behind-the-scenes with the EDC

Everyone recognizes the name – maybe because it’s a whopping 6-word long mouthful. Its people are familiar too, heavily involved in the community, with some even garnering community nicknames*. But…

Meet the Captains: Geoff Colgan

Our last Meet the Captains for our May 19 Startup Drinks is Geoff Colgan, Managing Director at the consultancy firm Attadale Partners! They do a lot of work with this…

Meet the Captains: Amanda Hanson

Our fifth and second-to-last Startup Drinks Captain for May 19 is Amanda Hanson, a Mobile Strategist at Myriad Mobile. Unfortunately, our friend Peter Schott (otherwise known as Vader Dad) had…

Meet the Captains: James "Jim" Bastian

 Startup Drinks is TONIGHT! Get excited. We have a few more Captains that we’re able to present today, starting off with the incredible James “Jim” Bastian. A few weeks ago,…