Marisa Jackels

Tech.Co (and Elvis) announce Startup of the Year semifinalists

This week, Tech.Co announced that Botlink and Sky Blue Technology have been selected as the 2015 semifinalists for their annual Startup of the Year competition! The two teams will travel…

Meet the Captains: Startup Drinks, September 2015

On September 15, join us for our September Startup Drinks at the Prairie Den! We’ll have food by Monte’s, a cash bar by Sidestreet, and a handful of Captains that…

Emerging Prairie to become a non-profit

Emerging Prairie announced today that they are transitioning to become a 501(c)(3) non-profit. After nearly 2 years of operating as a for-profit entity, the Board of Directors has decided that…

Bits + Bytes event brings oil and tech together

On Monday, September 21st, oil and technology industries will collide in Fargo at “Drilling Bits + Bytes,” a public event hosted by the North Dakota Petroleum Council and Bakken Backers.…

No more frozen pizzas : Fargo startup hopes to transform fundraising

Local entrepreneur Mark Teckenburg has developed a system that may eliminate the classic door-to-door method of youth fundraising. You know the drill. You’re fundraising for your school band/sports team/youth group…

PODS Game Design Kickstarter successfully funded

Dave Binkard and his wife Sammie can begin teaching game design classes this fall, thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign that earned them $3,300. Not only was their campaign fully…

State of Technology 2015 proves North Dakota is not messing around

For the first four hours of yesterday morning, August 26, hundreds of people had their minds blown at the fifth annual State of Technology event hosted by Senator John Hoeven…

Barnesville Business Pitch Contest announces finalists!

Finalists have been announced in the second annual ‘Spark Your Startup’ Barnesville Business Pitch Contest! The four business startup finalists are: SteveCo, Inc., Protosthetics, Hammock Initiative, and Jumpr, Inc. At 6:30 p.m. Thursday,…

Greg Tehven receives North Dakota IT Champion award

Today at the State of Technology event, Emerging Prairie co-founder Greg Tehven received the North Dakota IT Champion award. That’s right, a guy who struggled yesterday with how to work…

Building the drone patch: First drone marketing agency launches in Fargo

Today at the State of Technology event, the first dedicated drone marketing company in the United States announced its official launch right here in Fargo. Introducing Launchboxx, a full-service advertising…