Creative entrepreneur wins $250,000 prize in Northumberland business competition

By: Robert Washburn | February 25, 2019

Entrepreneur Bolis Ibrahim, the winner of the $250,000 N100 Start-up prize, talks about his innovative company, Argentum Electronics, and the support he is receiving from Venture 13 in Northumberland County. The man behind N100, John Hayden, also joins the conversation.

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