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New Fargo Specialisterne branch trains people with autism, partners with Myriad Mobile and Appareo

Before Alex Lee started working for Appareo Systems, he was a cart attendant at Target part-time on weekends. He knew it wasn’t a career path, but as someone with Autism…

Fargo-based startup Medytex is getting positive attention

Earlier this year, Fargo hosted the Intelligent InSites’ BUILD conference which emphasized the stark need for a technology reform in the healthcare industry. But even before that, Fargo local Saurabh…

Start Bismarck partners with Bobcat for first Startup Weekend

Our neighbors over in Bismarck are hosting their first-ever Startup Weekend on January 23-25, 2015, and they’ve just announced a partnership with Bobcat that will provide a sweet event location…

Nerds unite at NSFargo

On Tuesday night, December 2, a group of developers and other interested folks gathered in the classy confines of CoCo Fargo for a meet-up called NSFargo. Yes, we wrote yesterday…

Game-maker meet-up aims to crack Fargo cliques

Kyle Weik is an artist. But not just any artist – he’s a game designer. And contrary to popular belief, he’s one of many game-makers that work in the Fargo…

Infusionsoft CTO shares his 5 secrets for success

What began as a strip mall startup recently raised $55 million in Series D funding and is now hiring a person a day – and their Chief Technology Officer Marc…

November in review

November 2014 marked another eventful month for Fargo and Emerging Prairie. In the short span of 30 days, we learned that North Dakota “could own the drone industry,” that NDSU…

A Fargo Thanksgiving

The turkey has been gobbled up, the last slice of pumpkin pie divvied and shared, and the rest is now stocking up the fridge for those beloved Thanksgiving leftovers that…

Minneapolis startup Buzzcut expands to Fargo

A Minneapolis-based startup called Buzzcut is coming to Fargo, and it claims to make big changes to the nightlife experience.  Buzzcut’s co-founder and president, Joseph Taralson, presented at today’s 1…

Aerobotic Innovations is now Botlink

The Fargo-based startup formerly known as Aerobotic Innovations is changing their name to Botlink. Botlink was originally just the name of the application they are building, which is a cloud-connected…