Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

About Jay Jay Evans is CEO and Owner of Off Color Media. Jay knew right from the start that he did not want an ordinary career. Instead, Jay wanted to…

Erika Berg is an Associate Professor of Animal Science and NDSU Bison Strides Program Director. She attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN where she earned a bachelor and masters degrees…

Lynn Kotrba is the executive director of Harvest Hope Farm, located just 10 minutes from North Fargo and Moorhead. Lynn attended the University of North Dakota graduating with a BS…

About Benya Benya Kraus, Co-Founder and Minnesota Executive Director at Lead For America, returned to rural Minnesota after graduating from Tuft University with a mission—to help other “Hometown Fellows” return…

About Joe Joe is the founder of Chezy, a video marketing agency located in Fargo. Joe graduated from Minnesota State University Moorhead where he played football while balancing a variety…

About Maddie  Maddie is the founder of Blue Cypher Bookkeeping operating out of Fargo, ND. Growing up, she was a kid with endless curiosity questioning everything. Her entrepreneurial spirit emerged…

Longtime Prairie Den member, Austin Foss, has recently jumped into his newest entrepreneurial venture with Pops & Bejou Games and their first board game, CULTivate.    Sitting at a desk…

Two weeks ago, Emerging Digital Academy hosted its fourth annual Fargo Hackathon. This year, because of COVID-19, it was held virtually for the first time and had participants from around…

Plug and Play has announced its newest location in Fargo, North Dakota with a focus in agriculture technology. This office will launch with four Founding Partners: Bremer Bank, CHS, Microsoft…

Prairie Den Success Generates Move to Black Building Diagram above shows the new layout for the Prairie Den location in the Black Building   The Prairie Den, a coworking and…