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December 17, 2020
RAPID CITY, S.D. The owner of a Rapid City company that has increased its workforce by 1,ooo% in two years made an appearance on Capitol Hill to share his success story thanks to venture capital investments.
Property Meld CEO Ray Hespen testifying this week in Washington D.C. at a Senate subcommittee led by Senator John Thune about how South Dakota can become a hub for investment opportunities, as well as keep graduating students in South Dakota for tech jobs.
Ray Hespen, Co-Founder and CEO of Property Meld, said, “One of the most important things I wanted people to realize is that Rapid City can be the new ‘Silicon Prairie’. We’ve got this amazing opportunity where we’re showing it could be done. We’ve got a software company that’s impacting people nationally and saying how we can do more of this. And so that way we would. We would love to be the hub of South Dakota.”
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