One Million Cups

Positive Coaching Alliance helps build "Better Athletes, Better People"

Jim Thompson’s Positive Coaching Alliance has been helping youth athletes build character through positivity for twenty years. Thompson will speak on Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) at 1 Million Cups Fargo…

Entrepreneur behind Weave Got Maille launches new eco-friendly straw company 13 Straws

Ada, MN chain maille company Weave Got Maille is making an effort to tackle the environmentally unfriendly use of plastic straws with the launch of a new company, 13 Straws,…

Tillable alters the landscape of farmland rental

A new web platform, Tillable, is helping bring transparency to the farmland rental market. Tillable is designed to ameliorate an issue co-founder and CEO Corbett Kull saw in the dynamic…

The Vitals app creates transparency between first responders and vulnerable community members

A new app is making communication between first responders and people with special needs or visible or invisible conditions that might affect their behavior easier and clearer. For example, a…

TeacherSpark brings teachers together to share ideas and set off classroom innovation

A small cohort of North Dakota teachers are hoping to foster education innovation with an app that marries the structure of dating apps to a professional development focus. The app,…

"Happy Employees! Happy Customers!" are the bedrock of Bell Bank's success

Over a more than 50-year history, Bell Bank has developed from a single Fargo location to a powerhouse of independent banking, doing business in every state. The company is now…

Creativity and quality are calling cards of Fargo-based sporting goods giant Scheels

Fargoans new and old likely know Scheels as the enormous sporting goods emporium on 45th Street, so it may surprise many to learn the retail giant began life with the…

NDSU researchers study start-ups in Fargo

Since you’re reading this site, it’s likely no secret to you that Fargo has become a vibrant hub of entrepreneurial energy in recent years. The local start-up scene is remarkable…

Living Legends Day at 1 Million Cups

Join us as we host our second annual Living Legends Day! At this special 1 Million Cups Fargo, we’ll be hearing from Steve D. Scheel of SCHEELS and Richard Solberg…

Raquib Hasan seeks to revolutionize treatment of infected joint replacements with Osteo-Fill

NDSU’s Pharmaceutical Sciences research has produced Osteo-Fill, a treatment that could dramatically change the way health care providers tackle infections following joint replacement surgeries. Osteo-Fill is a putty-like implant created…