by Dakota Business Lending | Sep 21, 2020 | Success Stories
What is Prairie Sky Breads? Prairie Sky Breads is a bakery and coffee shop founded by Travis Gerjets as he worked to preserve the legacy and traditions of his Nana’s delicious breads, rolls, and sweets. Growing up, Travis’ Nana taught him the methods and recipes of...
by Dakota Business Lending | Aug 14, 2020 | Success Stories
What is Bearscat Bakehouse? Kevin & Tina Cavanagh are the proud owners and operators of Bearscat Bakehouse – a donut shop headquartered in Bismarck, ND. The husband and wife duo purchased “The Donut Hole” in 2006 and later rebranded it to “Bearscat...
by Dakota Business Lending | Mar 11, 2020 | Success Stories
For Ann-Marie, becoming a business owner was nothing more than finding a solution to a problem she was tempted to complain about. She was finishing up her third year of college in Dickinson, ND and wondering where life will take her next when she realized that the...
by Dakota Business Lending | Feb 12, 2020 | Success Stories
From installing car stereos to owning and operating his own technology company, Trinity Schaff’s story starts out like many others. It was when he was working for another technology vendor that the idea for TrinSPIN came to him. As he gained experience, he began to...
by Dakota Business Lending | Jan 28, 2020 | Success Stories, Featured
With a passion for children and education, Steve Arnold moved to the Bismarck/Mandan area to continue his career as an elementary teacher. His plan took a turn, however, when he found himself accepting a job as a daycare director. Fast forward to 30+ years later and...
by Dakota Business Lending | Dec 19, 2019 | Success Stories, Featured
As a 5th grader, Jay Braun saw vacuuming cars at his father’s lube center in Bismarck simply as a means to earning a couple quarters to get his beef jerky and candy bar fix. What he didn’t know, however, was that this job was just the beginning of a lifelong...
