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Google employee, Chris Wright from Butte brings web to Montana businesses

July 22, 2012 /

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Of all the treasures Chris Wright found behind Hillcrest Elementary, the most important may have been an imagination.

Wright, now a product marketing manager for Google Inc., said a childhood in Butte helped him think differently, work harder and understand team dynamics — characteristics that have helped him rise up the ranks of one of the most ubiquitous companies in the world.

By Tim Trainor of The Montana Standard

Full Story: http://mtstandard.com/business/google-employee-from-butte-brings-web-to-montana-businesses/article_c7405820-d2dd-11e1-b4a7-0019bb2963f4.html

Montana Get Your Business Online program can be found at http://www.gybo.com/montana/. You will find ways to customize and publish a website in less than an hour and receive a year of free site hosting.

Google has estimated that 58 percent of small businesses in Montana do not have a website.

It also noted that 97 percent of consumers look online for local products and services.