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On My Own video game reaches 100,000 users

Fargo game-makers Kyle Weik and Chad Close saw instant popularity when they released their On My Own video game last January; today, not two months later, their 2D adventure game…

Cloud-based solution for marketing software is first of its kind

It started over chips and salsa, just a few months ago. Kari Peterson and Amy McKinnon, old friends and long time co-workers at Microsoft, were sitting at Mexican Village and…

Adaptive-track wheelchair developed by college student

Micah Johnson has been in a wheelchair for seven years. He was born with muscular dystrophy and could walk until 9th grade, before a few bad falls made a wheelchair…

RFID tech at North Dakota State makes paper as smart as your phone

Imagine a normal business card; paper-thin, with a logo and a name, perhaps. Now imagine that business card is tagged with near field communication (NFC) and radio-frequency identification (RFID), that…

CoSchedule to present at Google Demo Day 2015

Bismarck-based startup CoSchedule has been selected by Google for Entrepreneurs to present in Silicon Valley at Google Demo Day 2015 on April 2. Yes, the same Demo Day that is…

Groundbreaking drone technology developed by NDSU students

At this point we all know the drone industry is blowing up, especially here in North Dakota. North Dakota State University (NDSU) students Scott Wheeler and Alex Sinclair are tapping…

1 Million Cups Fargo Announcements: February 18, 2015

Hey Fargoans! Every morning at 1 Million Cups Fargo we have time for announcements, and there are always quite a few. In the hopes of keeping everyone informed, whether you…

Affordable STEM resources for teachers created by two students

With the final awards of the NDSU Innovation Challenge being announced next week, we’ll be featuring a few “sneak-peeks” of the products that the next generation of entrepreneurs is working…

6 startup tips from Storefront co-founder Tristan Pollock

By the time most people are hitting 28, they might be hoping to have a decent job, a roof over their head, some food on the table. By the time…

Happy 1 year anniversary Annika!

One year ago today, Annika Nynas officially joined Emerging Prairie as the event-planner extraordinaire and first official employee. Today, we celebrate her and her year with Emerging Prairie (and what…