Month: August 2015

Local entrepreneur Mark Teckenburg has developed a system that may eliminate the classic door-to-door method of youth fundraising. You know the drill. You’re fundraising for your school band/sports team/youth group…

Dave Binkard and his wife Sammie can begin teaching game design classes this fall, thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign that earned them $3,300. Not only was their campaign fully…

For the first four hours of yesterday morning, August 26, hundreds of people had their minds blown at the fifth annual State of Technology event hosted by Senator John Hoeven…

Finalists have been announced in the second annual ‘Spark Your Startup’ Barnesville Business Pitch Contest! The four business startup finalists are: SteveCo, Inc., Protosthetics, Hammock Initiative, and Jumpr, Inc. At 6:30 p.m. Thursday,…

Today at the State of Technology event, Emerging Prairie co-founder Greg Tehven received the North Dakota IT Champion award. That’s right, a guy who struggled yesterday with how to work…

Today at the State of Technology event, the first dedicated drone marketing company in the United States announced its official launch right here in Fargo. Introducing Launchboxx, a full-service advertising…

Many moons ago, Jesse Shapins took the stage at the Fargo Theatre sporting a scribbly white blazer, red-rimmed glasses, and an explosion of hair from his chin. He shared with…

North Dakota ranks in the top five states for highest startup activity, according to the 2015 Kauffman Index: Startup Activity. The annual analysis measures the rate of new entrepreneurs, opportunity…

Amidst the graffitied rooms of the Prairie Den, Congressman Kevin Cramer met yesterday with local entrepreneurs to discuss the startup economy. Cramer, who has been a U.S. Representative for North…

Local filament manufacturer 3Dom USA released a 3D printing filament today that is the first of its kind. They call it Wound Up, and it is the first filament on…