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  • Learning starts when you’re in it

    Subscribe: RSS | MoreRebecca is working to transform and grow not only her small town of Oakes, North Dakota, but the region surrounding it. Leading by example, she has purchased […]

  • Small town boy with major league vision

    Subscribe: RSS | MoreOnce he decided the implement business wasn’t in his future, Eric Hardmeyer found that the banking business was. Working his way up at the Bank of North […]

  • Entrepreneur, Connector and All-in Community Leader

    Subscribe: RSS | MoreLike a lot of people, Jonathan Holth worked in the restaurant industry growing up. Unlike a lot of people he then decided to start a restaurant, which […]

  • Shadowcatcher

    Subscribe: RSS | MoreMy friend Shane Balkowitsch was searching for his place in the universe. He has found it, and more. This oncology nurse turned successful business owner has become […]

  • Journalist, Reporter and Award-Winning Author

    Subscribe: RSS | MoreNot a fan of baseball? That’s ok. Larry Tye’s book on Satchel Paige is about way more than baseball and he has some great stories to tell. […]

  • Driven to Serve Others

    Subscribe: RSS | MoreI wrap up my focus on female business owners with Former North Dakota Department of Commerce Commissioner, Michelle Kommer. She joins me this week to talk about […]

  • CEO, President, Servant’s Heart and Iconoclast

    Subscribe: RSS | MoreWhen Nicole’s boss asked if she wanted to buy the business, she took out a second mortgage to do so, and told her husband about it later. […]

  • Trailblazer, CEO and Mentor to Many

    Subscribe: RSS | MoreWhen Leititia Hanke realized she wasn’t going to make much money as a musician, she took a job as a receptionist at a roofing company. Hear how […]

  • Founder, Chairwoman, Trailblazer, Difference Maker

    Subscribe: RSS | MoreBismarck native Anne Mahlum joins me to talk about her passion for exercise and keeping others fit, as well. That passion led to starting a successful non-profit […]

  • The Keeper of Ducks

    Subscribe: RSS | MoreHow does a California native decide to become a welder solely to get a job in the North Dakota oil patch? As she says, ‘You’ve really got […]