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Kurt McSparron

Founder and Owner The100, Inc., dba The Executives’ Club of Fargo-Moorhead
Work 20 4th St E Grindstone West Fargo ND 58078 United States Cell #: (701) 541-1073 Member since: August 14, 2030 Website: the100.work Website: NelcoFirstAid.com
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Biographical Info

McSparron was raised on a farm near Grandin, ND. and attended Hillsboro schools through freshman year, then moved on to Moorhead High for a year and back to Hillsboro for his junior year before squeaking out a diploma from Norman County West in Halstad, MN in 1985. Apparently, in all of that moving, McSparron missed ACT/SAT testing day, so he never applied for college. McSparron did, however, manage a Radio/TV Broadcasting diploma from the now-defunct School of Communication Arts in Minneapolis some time in the late 80’s. After a couple decades of crazy jobs and even crazier adventures, McSparron found himself back home, in Fargo, and couldn’t be happier.

In 2010, he accepted a position that combined two of his passions, small business and politics, with the National Federation of Independent Business. Frustrated with the bureaucracy of large, national organizations, he sat with local business leaders and, on August 14, 2015, formed their own business initiative, The 100, Inc., later operating under the trade name, The Executives’ Club of Fargo-Moorhead. 

What is your favorite thing about your professional life? “Each day, I get to have impactful and powerful conversations with some of the area’s best business leaders, plus I get to lend a hand in their innovation, their creativity and, hopefully, their fulfillment.” 

During Covid, McSparron began assisting Members of the Club with “anything they needed help with”, and began providing business development strategies to Nelco First Aid, Inc., a managed first aid and safety services company founded in 1987. After a year and a half, McSparron offered to purchase the company and is currently in the process of taking ownership. Also, McSparron holds a seat on the Editorial Board of Fargo INC! Business Magazine and recently accepted a consulting position with the North Dakota Farm Bureau.

Both companies, Nelco First Aid and The 100, Inc., dba The Executives’ Club of Fargo-Moorhead, plus the newly formed Grindstone Ventures, LLC and the soon to be formed ProTek, LLC, operate from a shared West Fargo location known as Grindstone, because, from one of his favorite quotes…

“Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up, depends on what we’re made of.”

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  2. Barry Dresser 08/17/15
  3. JOSH CHRISTY 08/17/15 | EXECUTIVE Sponsor
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  28. Patrick Emerson 08/28/15
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