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Fargo Entrepreneur Creates Free Online Educational Platform

Clever Mukori, a Concordia College graduate and native of Zimbabwe, is creating a web-based platform that will revolutionize the education industry called Learn or Teach. The culmination of Mukori’s life…

Fargo Woman Creates Go-To ‘Go Do’ App

In 2017, the Go/Do App was launched providing a one-stop location for events and everyday activities taking place in the Fargo, North Dakota region. Founder, Cindy Gillund, created the app…

Catalyzing Emerging Prairie in 2018

Since 2013, Emerging Prairie has existed to connect and celebrate the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Fargo. Through organized events, conferences, and meet-ups, this mission has been accomplished with the support of…

North Dakota Start-Up Automates Construction Industry

Tom Kading, Wes Henry, and Aaron McWilliams joined together in 2017 to co-found Construction Automation. The team is preparing for the first product launch called AutoSaw. “Tom Kading had the…

Innovative Job Seeking Platform launched in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

In August 2017, Alex and Nathan Guggenberger launched Jobiki, an innovative online platform for job seekers and companies. The Jobiki team is trying to reduce the stress of job seekers…

Stoneridge Software: Successful Small Town Start-up

Eric Newell, Becky Newell, and Cody Marshall started Stoneridge Software, a Microsoft Partner firm, in 2012 in their hometown of Barnesville, Minnesota earning a revenue of $100,000 that year. In…

Gratitude Pays

Author: Scott Beaulier, Dean of NDSU’s College of Business It’s the week after Thanksgiving and the day after Giving Tuesday as I write this piece. Yesterday at NDSU was Giving…

Creating a Culture Worth Multiplying: A Look into CoSchedule

Success and growth have defined CoSchedule over the last four years as they have expanded their team to over 60 people and multiplied profits. As the fastest growing start-up in…

An Engineer’s Mistake: Learning that Sales and Marketing Are Critical to a Startup

Guest post from Chris Shellenbarger (Founder of CloudRepo) “Why do you want to run your own startup?”, is what many venture capitalists, potential co-founders, or business advisers would ask me. “I…

The Great Northern: A Collaborative Celebration of Winter

A cold winter in Minnesota is a guarantee. Eric Dayton is a Minneapolis native that is determined to claim the identity as America’s north and celebrate the wonder that winter…