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About Sandi Luck “For the last 18 years, Sandi Luck has been a serial entrepreneur as well as a college professor at the University of North Dakota. Her entrepreneurship journey…

About Nick Smoot Nick Smoot is the founder and CEO of Aesop Industries. He grew up in a small town in Idaho – it was a former mining and timber…

  The goal of TEDxFargo is to give speakers a platform to share ideas worth spreading. With all of the talk around the speakers, events, and goals of TEDxFargo, you…

About Jon Melgaard Jon was born in Minot but grew up in Detroit Lakes, MN. Demonstrating an early entrepreneurial spirit, he and his sister set up a 25-cent lemonade stand…

Need to convince your boss to let you take July 25th off of work? Check out the top 5 reasons to attend TEDxFargo:   1. Get Inspired Do you feel…

Emerging Prairie is excited to welcome Kira Knutson to the team! Kira joins us as our Grants Coordinator, here she will work closely with the Grants Manager to manage the…

About Wil Dort Wil Dort, co-owner of Skill Cutz Barbershop and Salon, has a story deeply rooted in resilience and ambition. Born and raised in the picturesque countryside of Gonaives,…

1 Million Cups Fargo: Where Are They Now? Ben Roth with CboysTV We reached out to past 1 Million Cups Fargo speakers to reconnect with them on their time since…

1 Million Cups Fargo: Where Are They Now? Ashley Ham with Dear NICU Mama We reached out to past 1 Million Cups Fargo speakers to reconnect with them on their…

About Agustin Büchert Agustin Büchert, a biotechnology Ph.D. and MBA, is one of the co-founders and the Chief Science Officer at ClearLeaf. In his role, he contributes to the development…