Business

The exciting worlds of entrepreneurship and high tech business.

 

 

Adding Value

This 30-minute program explores the ingenuity and creativity of farm families across North Dakota as they find new ways to increase their income through on-farm processing endeavors that use existing agriculture products.

The Bank of North Dakota

During the early 1900s, North Dakota’s economy was dangerously dependent on a single industry – agriculture, an industry controlled by financial interests outside the state. To diversify the economy and regain control of its financial future, North Dakota created a unique asset: the state-owned Bank of North Dakota. North Dakota is the only state in the union with a state-owned bank.

Building Our Future

What factors lead to the outmigration of young talent from North Dakota and what will entice more of our best and brightest to stay? Prairie Public Television's locally produced documentary Building Our Future examines the issues and presents options for stemming the tide.

dot.com

Electronic commerce is exploding. Dot.com will show you how use technology to draw in customers from around the world! This series will teach you how to construct a web site that will reach new customers, solidify existing customers, and reduce the high cost of marketing. In addition to the broadcast programs, Prairie Public partnered with the University of Mary to offer web-based self-paced instructional materials, online assignments and samples, and instructor interaction to provide the kind of hands-on learning experiences that business people prefer.

E Business

The highlights of the Telecommunications Technology in North Dakota conference in Fargo -- exploring the opportunities created by technology and what industry gurus Steve Ballmer of Microsoft and Jeffrey Bezos of amazon.com see ahead for North Dakota.

Education: North Dakota's Challenge, North Dakota's Future

This 60-minute program explores the issues confronting the K-12 system in North Dakota and asks "what are rural communities doing to provide a quality education in times of dwindling funding?"

 

Energy: Powering North Dakota's Economy

What is the future for North Dakota’s energy industry? Is the state as attractive as it could be for alternative energy developers? “Energy: Powering North Dakota’s Economy,” investigates the budding renewable fuels potential for North Dakota and reviews the state of our existing coal and oil resources. Prairie Public producer Matt Olien has investigated the boons and busts of the past and explored the state’s current issues.

Let's Talk Business

This series of 13 online guides explores a wide range of issues involved in starting and developing a successful small business. Browse through the companion web site to learn more about starting and managing your own small business. You'll find advice on marketing, record keeping, hiring and managing employees, and financing your business for growth.

Nature in the Balance: CO2 Sequestration

Focuses on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory's (NETL's) seven Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships and describes their role in assessing opportunities for reducing CO2 emissions worldwide to reduce the risk of global warming.

Net Profit: Marketing On The Internet

The Internet is growing by leaps and bounds. Some experts say almost all businesses will have an Internet presence in the future. This program's companion web site explores how your business can put together a good web site. Net Profit features top North Dakota web design firms sharing information on what makes a good web site. Guests discussed the features that make up a good site including function, design, and clarity of the information.

This Old Image

Find out more about the powerful language of image. Go inside the shaping of an image and meet the image-makers who change the way you think and act. This program's companion web site introduces you to four businesses and their real-life image make-overs including Prairie Public Broadcasting's revamping of its own corporate identity.

Start @ Home

Home-based enterprises are one of the fastest-growing business sectors in North Dakota. Working close to home is particularly suited for rural areas like North Dakota where people sometimes live a great distance from a community with any sort of business district. This web companion features stories of North Dakotans who have used technology to follow their business dreams from the comfort of their homes.

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