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The U.S. brain belt: the next centers of our information economy may surprise you.(information technology boom)
When A. T. Burgum came to the Dakota Territory in 1880, the way to riches lay in the deep, rich soil of the Red River Valley. A generation later, his son J. A. Burgum founded an elevator company in a small town called Arthur (current population 400). The company remained in family hands, and after A. T.'s great grandson Doug Burgum graduated from Arthur's high school, he left town to attend North Dakota State University and then Stanford. In 1983, after working in Chicago, he returned to North Dakota, lured back by another kind of natural resource: its people.
"My business strategy is to be close to the source of my critical inputs," states Burgum, dressed ...
- San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Silicon Valley Dispatches Column.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News March 23, 2004 700+ words
...News Mar. 23--NORTH DAKOTA OFFERS FRIENDLIER...CLIMATE: When North Dakota came to Silicon Valley looking for jobs...who is settling in North Dakota with his wife. With jobs leaving Silicon Valley for India, China...
- CEO of California Tech Company Predicts More Firms Will Move to North Dakota.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 29, 2004 700+ words
...of several Silicon Valley information...a path to North Dakota. Clapper...bringing Silicon Valley, high-tech companies to North Dakota," Clapper...interested in North Dakota. "By us...climate in the Silicon Valley is driving...
- Gold Medal Group USA appointed exclusive dealer for Remanco Hospitality Systems...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 8, 1988 700+ words
...REMANCO HOSPITALITY SYSTEMS IN NORTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA CALGARY, Alberta...Hospitality Systems in the states of North Dakota and Minnesota. Remanco is a...ranks third to California's Silicon Valley and Boston's High Tech Centre...
- Commutes get longer, more rural: Census shows it now takes longer to get to...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor May 31, 2002 700+ words
...getting to work than residents of Silicon Valley did - and two minutes more than the...rise in commuting time was dwarfed by North Dakota's rise (up 22 percent). No one can accuse North Dakota of congestion. The state barely eked...
- Hurts So Good.(low jobless rate is problem in Fargo, North Dakota)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Rhodes, Steve January 18, 1999 700+ words
...this area of 160,000 people in the Red River Valley on the North Dakota-Minnesota border- became the nation's first metro area...which makes mapping software, have brought a touch of Silicon Valley to the area. At least six banks built new branches or broke...
- SILICON VALLEY BANK EXPANDS IN CHINA.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News September 1, 2009 700+ words
...details below.) MEDIA RELEASE PR35917 Silicon Valley Bank Expands in China SANTA CLARA...Platform Focused on Technology Industries Silicon Valley Bank, the premier commercial bank...Wilcox, CEO of SVB Financial Group and Silicon Valley Bank. "Together with the Yangpu District...
- Silicon Valley Bank Expands in China.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 1, 2009 700+ words
...1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Silicon Valley Bank, the premier commercial bank...Wilcox, CEO of SVB Financial Group and Silicon Valley Bank. "Together with the Yangpu District...representative office in Shanghai is Silicon Valley Bank's next step toward building...
- Silicon Valley Bancshares Elects Three New Board Members.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 21, 2004 700+ words
...Technology and Life Science Firms Silicon Valley Bancshares , the diversified...services holding company of Silicon Valley Bank, announced three additions...Friedman were elected to the Silicon Valley Bancshares board effective October...