Andrew Parsons

Emerging Prairie Welcomes New Teammate: Quinn

Emerging Prairie is excited to welcome Quinn to the team! She joins us for the summer as the Events Intern, where she’ll work to support our many events and programs,…

Emerging Prairie Welcomes New Teammate: Sydney

Emerging Prairie is excited to welcome Sydney to the team! She joins us as our Administrative Assistant & Prairie Den Master, where she’ll perform administrative and operational tasks as it…

Startup Cohorts

Emerging Prairie’s Startup Program Applications Open Emerging Prairie’s Startup Program is a six-week, in-person, entrepreneurial course for startups looking to grow. Training focuses heavily on primary market research, finding customers, interviewing…
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StartupBREW Fargo

StartupBREW Fargo Our weekly StartupBREW morning meetup is for entrepreneurs, innovators, creatives, and community members alike to come together and explore the entrepreneurial journey. StartupBREW is meant to learn, support,…

Emerging Prairie Welcomes Dana Peterson as Chief Strategy Officer

Emerging Prairie has added Dana Peterson to help lead its pursuit to improve the human condition.   Dana Peterson joins Emerging Prairie as a member of the executive management team…

Teammate Spotlight: Andrew Jason

A few days ago I sat down with Andrew Jason, Special Projects Coordinator at Emerging Prairie, to talk more about his career, life journey, and how he ended up at…

Pops & Bejou Games Launches Kickstarter for CULTivate

Longtime Prairie Den member, Austin Foss, has recently jumped into his newest entrepreneurial venture with Pops & Bejou Games and their first board game, CULTivate.    Sitting at a desk…

Just How Affordable is Emerging Digital Academy?

Spoiler alert: it’s incredibly affordable.    Emerging Digital Academy Emerging Digital Academy is North Dakota’s only immersive coding bootcamp. It’s flagship program, the Full Stack Engineering Course, takes students through…

Grand Farm Announces New Board Members & Partners

Grand Farm, led by Emerging Prairie, has added to its board of directors, welcoming Representative Cynthia Schreiber-Beck and Mark Watne to help guide the future of agtech.   Two New Board…

Bank of North Dakota Creates Unique Emerging Digital Academy Student Financing Option

Bank of North Dakota has launched a new, unique, low-interest financing option specifically for programs like Emerging Digital Academy. The CEAL Program (Career Education & Alternative Learning) provides funds for…