Month: January 2015
Emerging Prairie's January in Review
By Marisa Jackels
If the rest of 2015 is like this first month, we are in for an extraordinary year. January was a month of breaking records, getting connected, and celebration- often with…
NDSU students are re-inventing the clothes hanger
By Marisa Jackels
Personally, I’ve always fostered a strange hatred for clothes hangers. Big comfy sweaters slide off and end up on the ground. Too many in a bunch, and they become a…
30 companies looking for Fargo interns
By Marisa Jackels
Attention all students, recent grads, and anyone looking to get some professional experience! In addition to celebrating the 1st birthday of 1 Million Cups Fargo this morning, we also held…
Startup Spotlight: Kirk Anton
By Marisa Jackels
Not many grown men can say they have willingly recieved a pedicure in which their toenails were painted purple. But Kirk Anton can. Kirk is a Fargo-Moorhead native and founder…
Fargo startup's new video game On My Own played around the world
By Marisa Jackels
Something about being a philosophical backpacker stranded in a forest, completely dependent on survival skills, must have a global appeal. This is the basic premise for video game On My…
Help University: making broke college students…not so broke.
By Marisa Jackels
Ask your average college student about their current financial situation, and it’s likely not a pretty picture. Not many students would turn down the opportunity to dog-sit or shovel snow…
Beach Interactive welcomes new web design intern
By Marisa Jackels
Fargo-based game design startup Beach Interactive has a new member on the team! Meet Sam Szczesny, a Minnesota State University Moorhead student who joined co-founders Sarah English and Kyle Weik…
Vote for your favorite idea at NDSU Innovation Challenge semi-finals
By Marisa Jackels
The NDSU Innovation Challenge is entering its final stages, as students with innovative ideas continue to compete for a total of $20,000 in cash prizes. On January 27, this Tuesday,…
Dante Battocchi leaves NDSU, joins Elinor Specialty Coatings full-time
By Marisa Jackels
Local entrepreneur Dr. Dante Battocchi is joining his wife Holly Anderson Battocchi to work full-time as the Chief Technology Officer of Elinor Specialty Coatings LLC. Dr. Battocchi leaves behind his…
dogIDs wins Happiest Company in TINYpulse 2015 Awards
By Marisa Jackels
dogIDs is certainly off to a very PAWsitive start to 2015 (pun entirely intended)! On January 8, 2015, the Fargo-based startup that makes personalized dog products, was awarded Happiest Company…