North Dakota Business and Economic Development

"The big difference now from the land boom in the 1980s is that a lot of the land is paid for with cash."

What separates Wingspan from other angel investors is the access to: marketing and advertising personnel; accounting, legal, and IT services; office, warehouse and operational space; and executive management resources that are available for Wingspan business partners.

To date, DVG claims it is the only completely student-managed venture capital fund within the United States.

North Dakota shows how a small, largely rural state can become a player in the high tech, knowledge-based economy. It’s a tremendous story of how government, universities and industry can cooperate to build a high-tech economy in rural communities.

Agreement will bolster North Dakota start-up, development of high-tech tools for U.S. military

"We simply don’t have enough workers."

"Churches were the glue that held rural communities together," says Dale Bentley, Preservation North Dakota’s executive director. "In some ways, they’re the most important buildings in the state."

The first wholly owned canola biodiesel plant in the United States.

Minot was awarded two of the six new jobs creation and economic development projects this past week.

The initiative is open to all residents of North Dakota, or people who want to start a venture in the state. In last year’s competition, one third of the submissions came from rural counties in the state.