Marisa Jackels
CODE sparks talk on debugging gender gap in Fargo
By Marisa Jackels
Last night, in celebration of their first year of coding classes, Girl Develop It Fargo hosted a showing of CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap at the Fargo Theatre. The documentary…
3Dom USA releases filament made from beer
By Marisa Jackels
They started with the coffee cup made from coffee. Now, local 3D printing filament manufacturer 3Dom USA has moved on to another adult beverage. Introducing Buzzed: the 3D printing filament…
Fargo rideshare app is in the works
By Marisa Jackels
At a quick glance, there are five local Facebook pages for finding carpools. Each of the tri-colleges have a page, and there are a few general ones as well –…
Brad Feld's advice on building rural communities
By Marisa Jackels
Fargo has a lot of reasons to thank Brad Feld. Brad Feld is an entrepreneur, an author, and a venture capitalist with The Foundry Group. His book Startup Communities highlights…
Hive social app lets you curate your friendships
By Marisa Jackels
Hive, a social app that connects people based on shared interests, launched last week on NDSU’s campus. Brett Knutson and Gavriil Telkov, co-founders, are building the app out of NDSU’s Research and…
Autonomous Tractor makes first sale
By Marisa Jackels
Fargo-based Autonomous Tractor Corporation today announced a deal for the first sale of its diesel-electric tractor system to FamilyFarms Group, a large farming group representing over 1.5 million acres. This…
Volaris acquires Fargo-based Red River Valley Software
By Marisa Jackels
Volaris Group, a company based in Toronto, Canada that acquires and grows vertical technology market companies, announced today that it has acquired Red River Software (RRS) headquartered in Fargo, North…
Girl Develop It Fargo celebrates one year with CODE documentary
By Marisa Jackels
It was a year ago this month that Shannon Weidman and Megan Beck announced they were organizing a Fargo chapter of Girl Develop It, a non-profit that offers coding classes…
Fargo Internships Fair: October 14, 2015
By Marisa Jackels
Today at 1 Million Cups Fargo we held an internship fair! Based off the wild success of the last internship fair, which saw almost a hundred interns get hired, we…
Botlink launches real-time cellular drone device
By Marisa Jackels
Botlink, a Fargo-based startup in the drone industry, has launched their first product on the market: a piece of hardware called the XRD (Extended Range and Data). According to Botlink,…