John Hoeven and North Dakota Commerce Commissioner Shane Goettle started the first-ever Governors Innovation Forum, Innovate ND, a new statewide economic development initiative designed to help entrepreneurs turn business ideas into functional businesses in Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot. During a press conference held Thursday at Minot State University, Goettle explained that Innovate ND is an intensive, six-month program that will provide direct assistance to people who have business ideas for North Dakota people. This is a call to all innovators. We invite anyone with a business idea big or small to enroll in Innovate ND and get help developing that idea into a business plan and ultimately, we hope, into a viable new North Dakota business, Goettle said....