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Emerging Prairie welcomes Stanford/Harvard team members

Just as the entirety of Fargo’s entrepreneurship community is developing, so is the Emerging Prairie team. We’re welcoming Maneesh Apte and Mark Staples, two new team members who will be…

Fargo high school senior invents GoPro accessory

As a senior at Fargo North High School, John Daly has already stopped relying on the overarching marketplace to provide everything he wants. At the age of 18, this soon-to-be…

Startup Community Pillars: Myriad is mobilizing

This feature was written by Conner Scott, an Emerging Prairie contributor and NDSU student. Jake Joraanstad and Myriad Mobile are considering it their personal responsibility to make the Fargo-Moorhead area…

NDSU grad acquires over $7 million in funding with Storefront

San Francisco-based startup Storefront has finished its Series A investment round with a total of $7.3 million raised. The company was formed approximately two years ago by Erik Eliason and…

1 Million Cups goes back to school with BreadVault

Emerging Prairie guest writer Conner Scott is at it again, this time with his thoughts on last week’s 1 Million Cups Fargo event. Those who attended 1 Million Cups Fargo…

Fargo's Startup Weekend 2014 promotional video

Friends at Grassfire Studios made a killer video commemorating Fargo’s 2014 Startup Weekend which took place throughout the FM area this past March. In the span of 54 hours, almost…

World's largest for-profit healthcare facilities operator invests in Intelligent InSites

The Intelligent InSites team has revealed even more promising information this week. Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), an entity operating over 160 hospitals and over 100 surgical centers globally, has…

Startup Community Pillars: The Offutt School of Business makes community connections

Setting the firm foundations of great entrepreneurial communities are businesses, organizations, and individuals who are keenly involved and working in the shadows. They ensure the entire community is able to…

1 Million Cups Fargo hits The Stage at Island Park

As 1 Million Cups Fargo moved to a temporary, larger venue last week, the event was also fortunate enough to host some special visitors. Friends from Brookings, South Dakota, traversed…

Fargo sixth graders beat top university investors with BreadVault

Due to the recent success of a crack team of investors, all of whom coincidentally are in the sixth grade at Oak Grove Lutheran School in Fargo, today Emerging Prairie…