I know there were lots of folks who thought that Alien Technologies was going to be the next big company in Fargo. I know there were even more folks who were disappointed when they packed up and left for Morgan Hills, CA with the millions of dollars the state had given them.

We must not allow failures such as this to impact our ability to continue to invest in future potential companies that want to setup shop in the local metropolitan area. We should take the lessons learned from these situations and apply them to the future.