Month: August 2016

South Dakota startup helping elderly population live with ease

Travis Kiefer likes to do things a little differently. Upon graduating from Groton High School in 2006, he enrolled at Stanford and became the first from his small-town South Dakota school to get…

A Brief Pause in Daily Stories

Dear Community, We know you love reading stories about entrepreneurs and their ideas, technology, and what’s happening in our community. With a teammate transition, we’ll be producing a bit less…

Fargo Game Jam winners to speak at 1 Million Cups

At Fargo Game Jam 2016, five teams had thirty hours, spread over the course of three days, to create a video game that related to at least one of two themes:…

NDSU international student came to Fargo for the game-makers, launching VR game

There is a lot more than indie game fame hinging on Santipab “Ruben” Tipparach’s game, Fleet Hackers. If the game turns into a full-time job, he will be able to…

Meet the Captains: Startup Drinks August 2016

It’s that time again! Join us as we welcome NDSU’s College of Business Dean, Scott Beaulier, to this community. We’ll have all the usual goodies: drinks, apps, music, fun times.…

The GoodBulb Story: How Tom Enright is using lightbulbs to make life brighter

Tom Enright’s story begins with an ad in the Chicago Paper. He was 23 years old, fresh out of college, and saw an ad for a job selling lightbulbs door…

Myriad Mobile ranked on Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies

Inc. Magazine today ranked Fargo-based mobile app development company Myriad Mobile on its 35th annual Inc., 5000 list, a ranking of the nation’s fastest­ growing private companies. Myriad Mobile made…

Microsoft president pushes for more computer science education in North Dakota

“There are currently over 900 open jobs in computing throughout the state of North Dakota,” Microsoft President Brad Smith said. “Last year the state produced 116 computer science graduates to…

Fargo Moorhead EDC awarded North Dakota IT Champion at State of Tech

The Fargo-Moorhead West Fargo Economic Development Corporation received the North Dakota IT Champion award today at the State of Technology 2016. The award goes to an individual or entity that…

Local Cart Summit event aims to be largest e-commerce conference in the Midwest

On September 23, 2016, Cart Summit, the Midwest’s premier e-commerce conference, will have its inaugural event right here in Fargo-Moorhead. Cart Summit was inspired by the ongoing success of the e-commerce…