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Missoula, Montana included in the 7 Top Tech Hubs Among America’s Small College Towns

In the HBO comedy "Silicon Valley," one of the characters refers to the famed tech hub as "the cradle of innovation." To be sure, Silicon Valley has given us the home computer, the iPhone and many other tech innovations.

Yet even some small college towns in the U.S. can lay claim to being cradles of innovation, although on a much smaller scale than Silicon Valley. Without a doubt, the built-in brainpower and resources of a university can be a catalyst for tech startups in small college towns. Not every college town graduates to the level of a mini-Silicon Valley, though.

Missoula, Montana

City population: 68,394 (2012)

Major school: University of Montana

University enrollment: 14,525 (fall 2013)

Ranked No. 5: High-tech startup density among small metro areas (2010)

Ranked No. 5: Largest increase in high-tech startup density among small metro areas (1990-2010)

Ranked No. 1: Density of digital technology startups among small metro areas (2010)

Ranked No. 2: Largest increase in density of digital technology startups among small metro areas (1990-2010)

Ranked No. 7: America’s 10 best college towns (2013)

By John Egan

Full Story: http://blog.sparefoot.com/5820-top-tech-hubs-among-college-towns/?utm_campaign=sf_blogs&utm_medium=Argyle%2BSocial&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=2014-04-21-18-29-14

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Missoula Spotlighted During International Big Data Week May 3-11, 2014 – Global event series aims to raise profile of city’s burgeoning data tech sector http://www.matr.net/article-60329.html

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