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Help Us Welcome, Brent McNeal Our New Guest Writer.

The Emerging Prairie team is thrilled to have Brent McNeal as a guest writer who will be helping us tell the stories of our 1 Million Cups Fargo speakers each week.…

Myriad Mobile ranked on Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies

Inc. Magazine today ranked Fargo-based mobile app development company Myriad Mobile on its 35th annual Inc., 5000 list, a ranking of the nation’s fastest­ growing private companies. Myriad Mobile made…

Microsoft president pushes for more computer science education in North Dakota

“There are currently over 900 open jobs in computing throughout the state of North Dakota,” Microsoft President Brad Smith said. “Last year the state produced 116 computer science graduates to…

Fargo Moorhead EDC awarded North Dakota IT Champion at State of Tech

The Fargo-Moorhead West Fargo Economic Development Corporation received the North Dakota IT Champion award today at the State of Technology 2016. The award goes to an individual or entity that…

Grand Forks startup B-ablehotels launches Kickstarter for $97K

B-ablehotels, a startup born out of the first place winning idea at Startup Weekend Grand Forks, launched their Kickstarter for $97,000 last week. The money is being raised to help…

It's Startup Day Across America, here's how we're celebrating

Happy Startup Day! Startup Day began in 2013, when Representatives Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) 
and Jared Polis (D-Colo.) launched the first annual Startup Day Across America as part of a bipartisan, bicameral…

North Dakota angel fund invests in ag and biotech

Recent investments from the 701 angel fund, a statewide angel fund launched last year in North Dakota, show they are placing bets on biotechnoloy and precision agriculture. The fund, launched…

Presenting the winners of Game Jam 2016: Viking Book Biter

Aaron Simmons, Ben Lippincott, Meg Ridl, Jessi Schmit, and Andrey Vasilyev walked into the Prairie Den on July 15th as a band of misfits. None of them had attended a Game…

Fargo startup Protosthetics recruited for reality show

When the casting crew for reality TV show America’s Greatest Makers wants you on their show, they make sure you know it. Cooper Bierscheid, NDSU grad and the founder of Fargo-based startup Protosthetics, found…

Celebrating one year of coworking at the Prairie Den

On a Friday morning in June, 122 ½ N. Broadway is hopping. Teams work together around tables, while solo workers stand at desks made of reclaimed wood. Work by local artists covers the walls, while Hawaiian…