A lot of blog ink has been consumed on the virtues of leadership over management. Nothing I have read makes me want to be a manager. Management seems like an older, boring cousin of leadership. Leadership is energetic and inspirational. Management talks too much, or worse, yells. And yet here I am, a Project Manager. […]

Our 10-year target as a company is to “Revolutionize the industry as a company people want to work for and clients want to work with.” That sounds like a lofty, even arrogant goal, but the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) industry is in dire need of a revolution and we are committing to leading the charge […]

A three-year growth rate of 365 percent has earned Stoneridge Software an appearance on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest growing private companies in its first year of eligibility. As a business technology consulting firm, Stoneridge Software ranks 1,150 among the top 5,000 companies and number 12 for companies located in Minnesota. Established in […]

In most professions, there are variations to the art and science of them. There are a variety of specialists in the medical professions, in teaching, in the culinary arts, etc. And in managing and leadership, we have had many a discussion about the differences between Supervisors, Managers and Leaders, and what they do differently, and […]

If you’re a fan of Shark Tank, you’ll like Spark Your Startup! Entrepreneurs are invited to give their startup idea a jolt with Barnesville’s fourth annual Business Pitch Contest. Stoneridge Software, Crown Appraisals, the Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation, DBS, Inc., Protosthetics,  and the Barnesville Economic Development Authority are sponsoring a Barnesville Business Pitch […]

Stoneridge Software has once again earned a spot on Bob Scott’s Insights Top 100 VARS 2017. Bob Scott’s Top 100 resellers are chosen from organizations across the country specializing in the sale and implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and accounting software. VAR is an acronym for Value Added Reseller. Stoneridge Software was founded as […]

In 1900, no one had set foot at the North or South Pole – although many had died trying. At that point, it was seen as a tremendous feat of bravery and exploration to survive the extreme temperatures necessary to make it to the end of the earth. Early in the 20th century, several people […]

Stoneridge Software has recently earned a place in the top 21 Best-of-the-Best professional service organizations identified by SPI (Service Performance Insight) Research, the leading independent professional services research firm. From  416 companies participating in the 10th annual, 2017 Professional Services Maturity™ Benchmark study conducted by SPI Research, the top 21 firms were identified as outperforming their […]

It’s 3 p.m., and you’re feeling the mid-afternoon slump. You are low on energy and losing concentration. Lunch was three hours ago, and dinner isn’t for another three hours. You need to refuel just enough to get to the work day finish line at 5 p.m. The vending machine options include a bag of salty […]

* Profile on Eric Newell, the 2016 ChamberChoice Entrepreneur of the Year, first appeared on the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce’s blog and in the December 2016 newsletter, The Bridge. Reprinted with permission. As most any entrepreneur knows, with great risk comes great reward, and that is certainly the case for Eric Newell, […]