Your host Preston Braathen will take you on a journey with local business owners, professionals, and leaders. The goal is to share journeys and ideas that we can all learn from. Learning is how we all grow and become the best at what we do. With a central idea on growing the Midwest to be a cultivator of ideas and thoughts, these conversations can ACTIVATE the minds of all that listen!
In this episode we talk with Patrick Metzger! Patrick is a Professional EOS Implementer and coach. Patrick is a great conversation, he has so much insights on how to grow your business by working wit…
In this episode we talk with Joseph Hurt from Chaos Games in Minot ND. Joseph lends a fantastic perspective on how his love for gaming turned into a business for him. He also shares how he was able t…
In this episode, we talk with Tiffanie Honeyman from OpGo Marketing. Tiffanie is lighting rod of information when it comes to helping marketing for your small business. She takes to time to figure ou…
On this episode of The ACTIVATE U Podcast we will be talking with Kylee Geer from Minot Center for Pediatric Therapy! Kylee gives a great perspective on how she was able to create and sustain a busin…
In this episode we will be talking with Kara Jorvig from Allegro Group. Kara is a amazing person to talk business and leadership with! All of the items she speaks about, she also lives it and that sh…
In this episode of the ACTIVATE U Podcast we talk with Rob from Spartan Firearms and we talk about his journey to starting his business. Rob provides a great perspective on how he came from the comme…
In this episode we talk with Rachelle from Spectrum Fitness! She shares about how she made her way into the fitness industry with no idea at all she was headed there. She talks about how she was able…
Today we talk with Travis Gerjets of Prairie Sky Breads. Travis talks about his story on how his love for baking with his Grandmother helped him find the creative juices to start a bakery in Minot ND…
In this episode, we talk with Jonah from The Good talk Network out of Minot! Jonah talks about how he was able to create an idea and execute on it! He built The Good Talk Network up from being a side…
Make sure you have had your morning coffee for this episode, because it is a exciting one! today we talk with the co-owners of Thunder Coffee Dexter, Skyler and Nicole. They talk about how they got i…
In this episode we talk with Warren Sai of Grand Forks ND. Warren is a small business owner who has a passion to bring the French culture to North Dakota. Warren is a man with many hats, but is a gre…
Lets take a couple mintues to celebrate and refect on how much entrepreneurship effects our daily lives!
Facebook: @DakotaBizLend Twitter: @DakotaBizLend LinkedIn: dakota-business-lending - www.li…This episode of The ACTIVATE U Podcast will be one like you have not heard before! This is an episode you can use to find local FREE resources to start your small business in your state! Below will b…
This episode of The ACTIVATE U Podcast we talk with Troy Derheim who is a local small business owner who was awarded the 2019 SBA Small Business Person of the Year! Troy has a great story he was able…
Today we talk with Cory Oberlander about how he was able to grow a company to a point where he could expand his entrepreneurial aspirations! Cory took lessons he learned from his first business and t…
Jay Evans from Off color Productions stops by to chat about how he has been able to build a business from the ground up to where he is now. Jay talks about his big breaks and battles he has had to fi…
In this episode we talk with Kari Weigel of the Sylvan Learning Centers in North Dakota. Kari was awarded the SBA Small Business Person of the year award in 2018, and it was no fluke. You will see wh…
In this episode we talk to the 2019 Fargo Moorhead West Fargo ChamberChoice Entrepreneur of the Year! You will hear the reasons why Jeff Shipley was awarded this honor. Jeff talks about how he was ab…
Dave and Anne Larson talk about how they made the dive into owning and operating their own event business. It was a rocky beginning, as many new businesses are, but they were able to weather a few st…
Chelsey talks to us about how she got her business started and a few of the many things she has learned in the process. This story has many innovative changes to it, and you will see that in this int…