Business is thriving in Montana’s Flathead Valley – Montana West Economic Development

“We’re busier now than even a few months ago,” said Mike Strotheide, president and chief executive officer of Montana West Economic Development http://www.dobusinessinmontana.com . “We’re getting more communications, doing more newsletters, doing more E-2s.”

He means the Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur series, an ongoing intellectual exchange of sorts for people to share ideas with others transforming their ideas into tangible businesses.

At the first session a few months back, Manager of Client Development and Resources Kimberly Morisaki said, eight people attended. At the March session on protecting intellectual property, there were 38.

By NANCY KIMBALL/Daily Inter Lake

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