Oct 22BusinessesFounders
The Office Made to Fit
A client can learn a great deal about a business on first impressions alone.
Oct 22
Oct 22BusinessesFounders
A Scoreboard For The Second Half
Century Club founder Neil Keltgen did not build a longevity program. He built a place for men who miss being on a team.
Oct 22BusinessesReal Estate
The Next Map Of Fargo-Moorhead
Seven development zones, two clocks and one big question: how much growth should move outward, and how much should be absorbed by places the community has already paid to serve?
Oct 22BusinessesFounders
The Business Owner’s Perspective
Remodeling without closing the doors: for Brooke Erstad, renovating Apex Physical Therapy & Wellness’s approximately 10,000-square-foot West Fargo clinic meant improving the space without stopping patient care.
Oct 22BusinessesConstruction
The Contractor’s Perspective
Grafstrom Construction’s Hans Grafstrom answers the questions business owners should ask before they build or remodel an office, from budgets and bids to timelines and communication.
Oct 22BusinessesReal Estate
A Different Kind Of Care
Alyssa Lakosky spent four years in emergency rooms before moving into commercial real estate at JBC. The skills she built at the bedside now shape how she guides business owners through big decisions.
Oct 22BusinessesSoftware
The Ones Who Built The Metro
From a wheat field on Fargo’s edge to downtown towers, suburban neighborhoods and adaptive-reuse landmarks, these developers changed where the region lives, works, shops and gathers.
Oct 22BusinessesManufacturing
Examining The Market With Andy Westby
Goldmark Commercial Real Estate’s Andy Westby breaks down the numbers behind Fargo-Moorhead’s industrial boom, the office squeeze and what owners should weigh before they lease, buy or build.
Sep 21BusinessesSoftware
NDSU AI Degree: Teaching AI From the Inside Out
North Dakota State University is preparing students and working professionals to answer AI's biggest questions through an expanding lineup of education. In fall 2026, NDSU launches a specialized artificial intelligence major built on its existing AI minor, data science curriculum, and certificate offerings.
Sep 21BusinessesSoftware
Applied Digital North Dakota Answers the Hard Questions
We understand that AI data centers in the region have generated controversy, so we decided to ask Applied Digital, the company behind Polaris Forge 1 in Ellendale and Polaris Forge 2 near Harwood, some questions. This is what they're saying.
Sep 21BusinessesFounders
Six Weeks to a New Foundation
For years, Ashley Ritteman tried to build the technology Valor Victoria needed. Working with Chipp.ai founder Scott Meyer, the West Fargo logistics company rebuilt years of freight-tracking software into an autonomous system in approximately six weeks.
Sep 21BusinessesSoftware
Inside Chipp AI Fargo: The Business That Builds Itself
Two years after Chipp made branded AI chatbots accessible to small businesses, Scott Meyer is making a much larger bet: that AI can build software, run workflows and handle entire parts of a company, without asking business owners to become technologists.
Sep 17BusinessesMedia
Pro AVL Install: Mobile Pro's Approach to Permanent AV Systems
Mobile Pro has spent years producing live events where the technology has to work the first time. Now, through Pro Install, the West Fargo company is bringing that same show-day discipline to permanent AV, video and lighting systems.
Sep 17BusinessesAgtech
The Math Behind the Missing Calves: 701x's Smart Ear Tags
Nearly 2.4 million calves disappear from the U.S. beef supply every year, worth more than $6 billion in lost value. 701x's ecosystem of smart ear tags is built to catch a fraction of that loss and turn it into real return.
Sep 16BusinessesReal Estate
Built Around the Life Inside: A Fargo Custom Home Builder
A custom home rarely begins with a cabinet color or a line on a blueprint. Radiant Creative Homes, a Fargo custom home builder, starts with the life that will actually happen inside.
Sep 16BusinessesManufacturing
The Hidden Engine Behind Great Fargo Event Production
Great events don't start on stage, they start in the warehouse. Livewire's John Golembeck explains how organization and inventory accuracy drive reliable Fargo event production.
Aug 31PeopleStartups
10 Questions with Jack Brodshaug: Flatland Capital Group's Co-Founder & COO
John Machacek's 10 Questions column sits down with Jack Brodshaug to talk financing programs for ag retailers, building a startup after a corporate career, and what brought him back to the FM area.
Aug 31BusinessesNonprofit
The Warrior's Path: Dean Dauphinais and Native Veterans
Dean Dauphinais is a Marine Corps veteran, enrolled Turtle Mountain Chippewa member, and advocate rewriting the narrative for Native American veterans through both nonprofit work and his own business, Native Eco Solutions.
Aug 31BusinessesNonprofit
One Voice, Thousands of Missions: NDANO's Kayla Deitch
Kayla Deitch became the first full-time executive director of the North Dakota Association of Nonprofit Organizations, bringing an entrepreneurial background to a sector she believes needs one voice representing thousands of missions.
Aug 31BusinessesRetail
Sean Mastel: Building Eyewear to Last
After more than 20 years in the optical industry, Sean Mastel is opening Mastel Made, a downtown Fargo studio handcrafting eyeglass frames designed to last, not disposable eyewear replaced every few years.
Aug 31BusinessesStartups
Kevin Biffert: The Engineer Teaching Cattle to Talk
Kevin Biffert spent decades building precision manufacturing equipment before turning that expertise toward cattle. His company, 70ix, makes GPS ear tags designed to give ranchers an early warning system for their herds.
Aug 31BusinessesFounders
Bringing Private Equity Home: Broadwater Capital
Broadwater Capital buys equity in established Greater Midwest businesses instead of lending money, built by founder Erik Barner to bring institutional private equity expertise back home to North Dakota.
Aug 13TechReal Estate
What You Should Know About Data Centers
From powering AI to supporting everyday technology, data centers are making headlines. Here's why, and what North Dakota stands to gain or lose.
Aug 13AdviceReal Estate
Building Custom? Start With Better Questions
"A price means very little until you understand what is included." Here's what to ask instead.