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Innovative Start-Up Creates New Business Ventures

Barry Batcheller is a North Dakota State University graduate and honorary doctorate recipient who has charted the entrepreneurial course during his career and is now opening doors for more entrepreneurs…

Fargo Start-Up is Transforming Hospital Care with Technology

Mark Rheault is a serial entrepreneur that calls Fargo his home. His work experience includes pushing a lawnmower up and down the street as a child, service in the United…

Minneapolis Start-up is Igniting Classroom Discussion Worldwide

Over 45 million seconds of video was recorded and shared in January 2017 on the Flipgrid video-based platform. Five years prior, Flipgrid was just a weekend project put together by…

Tech Company empowers the Citizen’s Voice in Government

What can bridge the communication gap between government officials and the citizens they serve? Polco was co-founded by Nick Mastronardi, Dylan Cooper, and Alex Pederson to provide a platform for…

Lemonly: The Midwest’s Visual Story Tellers

A little over 5 years ago, John Meyer and Amy Colgan co-founded Lemonly based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The two have set out on a journey to capture the…

Fargo Couple creates virtual reality media company

Matt and Katie Chaussee truly believe that providing high-quality media engages and connects people. For that reason, Matt and Katie co-founded Be More Colorful, a Fargo-based company that creates 360°…

Flywheel: A Midwest Web Hosting Platform for Designers

Dusty Davidson is a technology-based entrepreneur that is proud to call the Midwest home. Dusty is co-founder and the CEO of Flywheel, which is based in Omaha, Nebraska and provides…

40 years in Fargo, The Story behind FBS – Creators of Flexmls

As a child growing up in Fargo, Mike Wurzer remembers watching his father work on large circuit boards and computers. Paul Wurzer was the founder of Financial Business Solutions (FBS)…

Non-Profit Created in North Dakota to Support Native Americans

In 2009, Lorraine Davis arrived on the campus of United Tribes Technical College with her son, one bag and a hope for a better future outside of poverty. Before that…

The Story of Fargo’s own Start-Up Professional Theatre

In 1998, Carrie Winterstein arrived in Fargo alongside her husband David who was a newly hired Professor of Theatre at Concordia College. With her acting experience and Masters Degree in…