Marisa Jackels

You can make a lot of things out of Legos. The Death Star. A Settlers of Catan game board (personal favorite). Oh and also…ROBOTS. No one knows this better than…

Yesterday, Joey Schmit woke up and realized he didn’t work for anyone. He didn’t have to go clock in. He didn’t have to report to any boss. Instead, a much…

  Intelligent InSites has announced a multi-year, enterprise-wide license agreement with Hospital Corporations of America (HCA), the largest for-profit healthcare facilities operator in the world. “One of our major customers…and also…

You may not have heard about Fargo-based startup Revel Digital, but you might see their signs in taxi cabs in Malaysia. Or in a major hardware store throughout South Africa.…

Less than ten years ago, the common sentiment around soon-to-be-graduated highschoolers in North Dakota was “I can’t wait to get out of here.” The “brain drain,” as it was called,…

There is a gap in the early life of a startup where everything is risky. This is when money becomes simultaneously the most important ingredient, and the most difficult to…

Doug Burgum, former Microsoft exec and tech entrepreneur, announced this morning that he is officially running for Governor of North Dakota this year. Surrounded by hundreds of people at the…

Myriad Mobile, a Fargo-based startup that develops mobile apps, has had quite a journey during its four years of existence. As CEO and co-founder Jake Joraanstad illustrated on Wednesday at…

The Hour of Code, a worldwide initiative by Code.org to get more kids to learn the basics of programming, had its most successful run yet in North Dakota. Last month,…

From “hoverboard” booths raided by the FBI to a Batmobile-esque electronic car meant to challenge Elon Musk’s TESLA, CES (Consumer Electronic Show) 2016 had no shortage of excitement. The “Superbowl…