Innovation

So You Want to Raise Capital — Now What?

So You Want to Raise Capital — Now What? Founders have a chicken-and-egg problem: building a business costs money, but raising capital takes time and energy away from the business.…

Fargo’s Genesis Feed Technologies chosen for North Dakota’s LIFT funding

FARGO, ND — Genesis Feed Technologies (GFT), a Fargo-based AgTech company, is proud to announce they are recipients of North Dakota’s new Innovation Technology Loan Fund (LIFT).     The…

TeacherSpark brings teachers together to share ideas and set off classroom innovation

A small cohort of North Dakota teachers are hoping to foster education innovation with an app that marries the structure of dating apps to a professional development focus. The app,…

Fargo Start-Up Creates Second Skin Innovation

A North Dakota State University student and mother, Lydia Gregersen, is the founder and creator of Skin2. Gregerson is seeking to create a product that has the barrier of protection…

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…

Minnesota Start-Up Educates on Thrifty Travel

Jared Kamrowski is the founder of Thrifty Traveler, a website that teaches how to travel the world by taking advantage of reward programs and flight deals. Thrifty Traveler began as…

Software Start-Up Brings Financial Advice to Farmers

In 2007, Nick Horob observed a boom in commodities prices as a financial advisor in Minneapolis and wondered how farmers would respond. With his family rooted in the farming industry…

DocuMNtary Celebrates and Advocates Minnesota Technology Community

In 2015, Nick Roseth presented the idea of a documentary that would feature the technology community in the Minneapolis area to the Minnesota High Tech Association (MTHA). “I was going…

Fargo-Company Automates the Medical Packaging Industry

Fargo-Company Automates the Medical Packaging Industry Kevin Biffert founded Fargo Automation with a simple purpose: to bring machine automation to everything. Over the course of two decades, Kevin has led…

Podyum Creates the Future in Football Free Agency

Many young football players have a desire for a career in the National Football League when they finish with college athletics. Will Powell and Markus Sims shared this NFL dream…