Matt Gantz

1 Million Cups features dogs and 3D printers

Events transpired a bit differently at 1 Million Cups Fargo last week with two featured speakers: John Schneider of Fargo 3D Printing and Clint Howitz of dogIDs. Attendees heard these…

Fargo’s first Civic Hackathon this Sunday

Emerging Prairie is always psyched to see Startup Weekend teams continuing their missions weeks and months after those fateful 54 hours. Fargo’s 2014 winners, HackFargo, are doing just that: on…

Innovate ND announces competition for $21,000

The North Dakota Department of Commerce has announced a competition on May 30 in Bismarck during which $21,000 will be up for grabs. The Innovate ND Idea & Venture Competition…

Discuss mobile tech Wednesday night

Emerging Prairie and Myriad Mobile are bringing you this month’s Mobile Tech Meetup, this time featuring two guest speakers and a discussion pertaining to the Internet of Things. Join Ryan…

1 Million Cups continues with Melville Kids Studios

There seems to be a theme developing at the weekly 1 Million Cups Fargo events: the entrepreneurs featured are focusing on younger and younger consumer audiences. Scott Anderson, founder of…

Emerging Prairie welcomes Stanford/Harvard team members

Just as the entirety of Fargo’s entrepreneurship community is developing, so is the Emerging Prairie team. We’re welcoming Maneesh Apte and Mark Staples, two new team members who will be…

Fargo high school senior invents GoPro accessory

As a senior at Fargo North High School, John Daly has already stopped relying on the overarching marketplace to provide everything he wants. At the age of 18, this soon-to-be…

NDSU grad acquires over $7 million in funding with Storefront

San Francisco-based startup Storefront has finished its Series A investment round with a total of $7.3 million raised. The company was formed approximately two years ago by Erik Eliason and…

Fargo's Startup Weekend 2014 promotional video

Friends at Grassfire Studios made a killer video commemorating Fargo’s 2014 Startup Weekend which took place throughout the FM area this past March. In the span of 54 hours, almost…

World's largest for-profit healthcare facilities operator invests in Intelligent InSites

The Intelligent InSites team has revealed even more promising information this week. Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), an entity operating over 160 hospitals and over 100 surgical centers globally, has…