Marisa Jackels

Wish lists, shopping stress, and hectic travel plans aside, it’s at last time to sit back and spend some good quality time with family and friends. Oh, and don’t forget…

That’s a wrap! The last Startup Drinks (SUDs) of 2014 was held this past Wednesday, December 17, marking it as our 15th Startup Drinks ever. Over 80 people gathered at…

Every year, Brian Crommett puts about a million dollars into the ground. As the Sales and Service Manager for 702 Communications, that’s his job. He and his team provide Internet…

If you walked into the Fargo Civic Center on the weekend of December 4 -6, you would have seen a very interesting sight. Robots flooding the main arena on a…

In the wake of a very successful 1 Million Cups presentation and media coverage both on our blog and in the Forum, drone-tech startup Botlink is now seeing a huge…

The first thing you see on the Prairie I/O website are the words, “Welcome to Silicon Prairie.” No, not Valley. Prairie. Sure it may seem like a lofty self-title coming…

Today, December 15, 2014, CEO and co-founder of The Nerdery Mike Derheim is announcing the launch of Prime Digital Academy (Prime), a new school for software engineers. The announcement came…

The second hackathon ever to hit Fargo went down last Wednesday night, December 3, consisting of four hours of hardcore brainstorming, coding, and snacking. From 6 – 10 PM Myriad…

The wait is over. We know you’ve been biting your nails in anticipation ever since those life-changing 54 hours came to a close at Fargo’s last Startup Weekend (watch Grassfire’s…

A San Francisco research firm, Mattermark, has taken on the colossal project of tracking startup growth across the country, and they’ve just released their first Startup Traction Report. According to…