Grand Forks author Bruce Gjovig’s new book, “Innovators from North Dakota: The Change Agents!” is released

Dec. 14—GRAND FORKS — A Grand Forks writer has launched his third ebook in a collection about distinctive enterprise professionals in North Dakota.

Bruce Gjovig’s newest is titled “The Innovators from North Dakota: The Change Brokers!” Revealed by Smoky Water Press, the ebook profiles North Dakotans who’ve distinguished themselves via innovation in enterprise {and professional} fields.

This newest installment consists of profiles of 40 women and men who’ve ties to North Dakota and who additionally made an affect on a nationwide stage.

“These innovators made an enduring affect utilizing their creativity and innovation. My purpose was to supply case of how a lot vital innovation has come out of North Dakotans over a protracted time period,” Gjovig mentioned in a launch from Smoky Water Press. “Most don’t think about North Dakota as a hotbed of innovation and entrepreneurship, however it’s. Of us on the prairies are good at fixing issues and capturing alternative. Nonetheless, we now have been poor at telling our story — the sunshine has been stored below the bushel basket.”

Gjovig will host a ebook signing from midday to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17, at Ferguson Books in Grand Forks. The worth of the ebook is $29.99.

Gjovig is CEO emeritus of the UND Middle for Innovation Basis and now has written seven books total. His newest is 356 pages and features a ahead by U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D.

Cramer writes that “innovators and entrepreneurs come from all over the place. However within the greater than 110 profiles in his first two books and one other 36 on this ebook, Bruce makes a compelling case about how North Dakotans have punched manner above their weight class in that regard. It is fascinating to think about ‘why?’”

The senator’s ahead stretches 4 pages.