Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

So You Want to Raise Capital — Now What? Founders have a chicken-and-egg problem: building a business costs money, but raising capital takes time and energy away from the business.…

About Cody Cody Shevich is an NDSU alumni and Co-founder of IC Outdoors. Cody is native to northern Minnesotan where he grew up hunting and fishing like it was a…

About Ashley Ashley Ritteman is the CEO and co-founder of Valor Victoria. Ashley’s passion for rail networks began when studying the inland flows of international containers as a graduate student…

About Emily + Embroiders Clothing Emily Graupmann is a current Concordia Student in Moorhead, MN. Emily  has created a business around making custom hand-embroidered pieces called Embroiders Clothing! Embroiders Clothing…

About Delson Delson Saintal is the founder of Xperience Barbers, a local barbershop in Fargo, ND focusing on giving the customer the best experience possible. Soon after his success in Fargo, he expanded…

About Mark Born and raised in the Fargo-Moorhead area, Mark Bjornstad has a particular love and affinity for the unique, old, and weird side of Fargo. It was that attraction…

About Christopher Christopher Deal is the co-founder of Fargo Climbing. Christopher is a Fargo native and started climbing 10.5 years ago. Christopher has dreamt of starting a climbing gym in…

About Matt Matt Marino is the President and founder at Homeland Hempcrete. He has a background in operations and has focused most of his career on supply chain efficiencies, but has…

About Aaron Aaron Templin is the co-founder of Dakota Hurd Company. After 6 years in Food & Beverage management at the Scheels Arena, Aaron co-founded Front Street Taproom and The…

About Teresa Teresa Perleberg developed a niche market using her flock of sheep’s wool by designing needle felting kits with instructions and materials to complete the project. She began selling…