Posts Tagged ‘Fargo’
Fargo's bike share pedaling to a tech-friendly future
When Great Rides Bike Share launched in Fargo’s in March 2015, staff hoped each bike would get checked out a couple times a day. That’s not what they got. They…
Read MoreArthur Ventures eyes big investment goal for North Dakota's tech industry
Mischievous is not the word you want to hear about the person managing your investments. At least not until you get a little context. Someone who’s mischievous doesn’t settle for the norm. James Burgum was just that kind of kid, saying that he was in “constant motion.” He grew up and “evolved to push the status quo.” He’s now a partner at Arthur Ventures, a venture capital (VC) firm.
Read MoreNDSU student researchers working to make prescription drugs cheaper
Meticulous. Creative. Intellectually courageous. That’s NDSU student Kelly Howard in a nutshell. This from Professor David Wells, Ph.D, who teaches Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Howard has the course load you…
Read MoreFargo entrepreneurs standardizing pocket billiards ratings with FargoRate
Steve Ernst sees a problem and he fixes it. Turns out, there’s a pretty big problem in the world of pocket billiards: there’s no standardized ranking system for player abilities. Instead…
Read MoreGaming for Good. Games on the Plains raising money for sick kids.
Twenty-four hours of gaming isn’t enough, so Games on the Plains is leveling up. The next daylong gameathon hits November 5-6. So does Daylight Saving Time. The result, a 25-hour…
Read MoreDivorce inspires cross-country tour of co-working spaces.
“When life changes, change your life and your situation.” That motto is one of the first things you see when Robert Kropp writes about himself. The web developer turned blogger is…
Read MoreAn app for ales. Brewzeit connects beer lovers
Have you noticed the explosion in the craft beer market? Alex Dixon certainly has. Mostly, it’s a good thing. “Even five years ago, the options were a lot less,” says…
Read MoreSocial entrepreneurs value community over bottom line
What’s your favorite city? Why? I bet you dollars to donuts not one of you picked a great city because of its mayor or business leaders. You picked it because…
Read MoreLeading Ladies
Good ideas tend to spread like wildfire. That’s what happened to Girl Develop It, a nationwide effort to make tech more inclusive. GDI started in a solitary classroom in New…
Read More2016 Fargo Hackathon Wrap Up
The 2016 Fargo Civic Hackathon brought together a group of proudly, self-proclaimed “nerds.” This group of developers, designers and data scientists, spent a weekend digging into data sets and building…
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