Oct 22BusinessesFounders
The Office Made to Fit
A client can learn a great deal about a business on first impressions alone.
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202 stories · across Businesses, People, AdviceOct 22
Oct 22BusinessesFounders
Three Ways to Build a More Comfortable, Energy-Efficient Home
Radiant Homes’ David Reid points to three areas that can make a home both more efficient and more comfortable.
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 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.
Sep 21PeopleStartups
SpaceBeacon Fargo: 10 Questions With Harvinder Kaur
John Machacek, Chief Innovation Officer for the Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation, has worked with countless startups throughout our community over the years. Here are his 10 questions for Harvinder Kaur, Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceBeacon Inc.
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 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.
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 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 17Businesses · PartnerFounders
Why the Best Time to Plan Your Business Exit Is Now
The best exit strategy starts years before you plan to leave. Mark Schiller of Williams & Schiller on building a business that's ready when you are.
Aug 17BusinessesFounders
Building Custom? Start With Better Questions
Before you ask what a custom home costs per square foot, ask what's actually included. Radiant Homes' David Reid breaks down the questions that matter more.
Jul 27PeopleFounders
10 Questions with John Machacek: Mustafa Fakhri, Founder, Dirt Dive
Most people fertilize their soil. Dirt Dive founder Mustafa Fakhri is doing something almost nobody else is, using microscopic protozoa to fix it from the inside out. John Machacek gets the full story.
Jul 27
Jul 23PeopleWorkforce
Meet the 2026 DisruptHR Speakers
Occasionally, an event emerges that shakes things up—one that challenges your perspective and leaves you inspired. That event is DisruptHR.
Jul 7BusinessesStartups
North Dakota’s Long-Term Bet on Growth
Five years ago, North Dakota leaders made a decision about the state’s economic future.
Jul 7BusinessesStartups
Meet the 2026 TEDxFargo Speakers
Every year, TEDxFargo brings together people who are asking bigger questions about work, community, creativity, technology, and purpose.
Jul 7BusinessesFounders
2026 SBA North Dakota Small Business Person of the Year: Dr. Sandi Luck
Dr. Sandi Luck can trace her entrepreneurial spirit back to a lemonade stand.
Jul 7PeopleFounders
10 Questions with John Machacek: Kelly Yanke Deltener, Founder & Product Strategist at Podshot
Here are John Machacek’s 10 questions for Kelly Yanke Deltener, founder & product strategist at Podshot.
Jul 1BusinessesFounders
How to Create a Work Culture Powered by Impact?
Create true workplace culture by making an impact.
Jun 12BusinessesFounders
Ben Holsen Built the Solar Company He Couldn’t Find
How a lake-house side project became one of the region’s most visible solar, battery, and energy companies.
Jun 9PeopleHealthcare
Josh Duhamel on Building GATLAN
TRT, GATLAN, and the business of personalized health.
Jun 3Advice · PartnerFounders
Starting Is Bold. Staying Open is Smarter.
Opening your business takes courage.
Jun 3Businesses · PartnerStartups
The Power of Partnership
North Dakota’s economic vitality is not merely a product of its natural resources or its vast geography; it is powered by a resilient spirit and a deeply ingrained culture of innovation.