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Meet the Captains: Startup Drinks, October 2015

Startup Drinks is next week on October 14 (sign up here), and we’ve got a stellar line up of captains for you to meet! This Startup Drinks is a unique…

Vidku's video sharing app is "the best parts of Snapchat and Instagram"

Vidku, the Minneapolis-based startup that raised over $17 million in 17 days, just launched their video sharing app for iOS and Android. The app allows users to create 17-second videos,…

When I Work gives hourly time sheets a modern day makeover

Chad Halvorson was bagging groceries at SuperValu when he first noticed the problem. “My manager always put together a work schedule, and my coworkers and I had to go in…

Emerging Prairie's September in Review

“Don’t you run out of content writing about Fargo-Moorhead?” I get this question a lot. As we think back on September, the answer is a resounding…negatory. Let’s take a look…

Social Tilt explores the art of placemaking

There’s a new wave of people rising up in their communities, taking risks, and building ideas. It’s more than the tech entrepreneurs or the businessmen and women. It’s the placemakers.…

Getting tech into healthcare: Tips from InSites BUILD

At many healthcare providers, workers walk in and are handed a pager. They’re expected to leave their smartphones and iPads behind, and use the dated technology that is still stuck…

Billion dollar software company Atlassian files for U.S. IPO

Australian software company Atlassian, a company valued at over $3 billion privately, has filed for an initial public offering this year in the United States according to Wall Street Journal.…

Local video game On My Own to hit Xbox One

Earlier this year, we started following the trail of Fargo-made video game On My Own as they gained popularity around the world. Now, less than a year after its release,…

North Dakota Mayors get behind-the-scenes of Fargo's startup community

Mayors from across North Dakota gathered in Fargo on September 24, for the first ever Mayor’s Summit for Entrepreneurship, to get an indepth look at the make-up of Fargo’s entrepreneurial…

Fargo to represent startup boom in upcoming book

Fargo is one of ten cities that will be featured in an upcoming book by the Kauffman Foundation, exploring a nationwide resurgence of startup activity. The book, titled Startup Fever,…