You Can Get a Fellowship To Not Go To College

You Can Get a Fellowship To Not Go To College “The Thiel Fellowship gives $100,000 to young people who want to build new things instead of sitting in a classroom.” They give out 25 scholarships per year. A recent recipient created a Driverless-car startup, Luminar Technologies, which will go public in a $3.4 billion merger […]

Are People Really Leaving Big Cities?

Are People Really Leaving Big Cities? We keep hearing that with the change in the way people work, more people will be moving to the country or the suburbs. This Study from Zillow actually shows that the year over year inventory in major cities is actually going down. Implying that more people are moving there. […]

Employer Surveillance Tech Does Not Work

Employer Surveillance Tech Does Not Work With more and more employees working remotely, employers are implementing surveillance tech to spy on their employees to make sure they are working.  Monitoring software like ActivTrak, Time Doctor, and StaffCop sales have spiked since the pandemic. As much as 80% of employers will have some sort of employee […]

10 South Dakota Companies made this year’s Inc 5,000

10 South Dakota Companies made this year’s Inc 5,000 10 South Dakota Companies made this year’s Inc 5,000 of fastest growing private businesses in the Country. Here they are in order of appearance.  VRC Metal Systems, of Box Elder (1,967) MarketBeat, of Sioux Falls (2,296) B9Creations, of Rapid City (2,318) OmegaQuant, of Sioux Falls (2,863) […]

Over 1 Million WordPress Users Suspended for 5 Weeks

Over 1 Million WordPress Users Suspended for 5 Weeks Well technically the WordPress theme Astra is suspended, but over one million websites using it. If you are unfamiliar with WordPress, it’s the most popular website building platform. We for instance use the paid theme Elementor to build our WordPress sites. It allows us to build custom […]

Is the Midwest Poised for a Tech Revolution?

Is the Midwest Poised for a Tech Revolution?  According to a special report in The Economist this 12 Sate Region accounts for roughly 20% of the US GDP but only 5% of it’s venture funding. The San Francisco based company Farmers Business Network, with offices in Sioux Falls just secured another $250 Million in funding. This […]

Sioux Falls Businesses for sale 8/03/2020

Sioux Falls Businesses for sale 8/03/2020 Have you ever wanted to own your own business? Here are a couple of the businesses currently for sale in the Sioux Falls Area. B2B Wholesale Distribution – Sioux Falls, SD Asking Price: $300,000 Listing: Here B2B Marketing, Design & Print Center- Sioux Falls Area Asking Price: $199,000 Listing: […]

41% of Google searches return Google products

41% of Google Searches Return Google Products On Wednesday the Executives of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google had a video conference with members congress about antitrust in Big Tech. One interesting thing that came out was a report done by The Markup showed that 41% of searches done on Google return results for Google Products […]

What Small Business Owners Should Spend Their Time On

What Small Business Owners Should Spend Their Time On Time Management is one of the most important things for Small Business owners. It is easy to get distracted or spend time on things that will not move the needle.  They say it takes 10,000 hours to be an expert at something. How much time will […]

Are Remote Workers More Productive?

Are Remote Workers More Productive? Microsoft recently analyzed their remote workers before and after the pandemic. What they found was interesting.  This graph shows that pre-pandemic there is a definitive drop in the number of instant messages sent between employees, while in recent months that seems to have leveled off. Does this mean that Remote […]