Missoula’s MonTEC business incubator rises from near extinction

Missoula business incubator banks on space, mentoring

Jason Kiely said his father Don was doing research on sugar acids, looking for more advanced uses the corn-based substances could fulfill. Over a span of decades, "he poked around with folks who might be interested. Sourcing the raw materials and turning them into a usable product was not an inexpensive process. So as a business it was not yet economical," said Jason Kiely, vice president of marketing at Rivertop Renewables http://www.rivertop.com/ , the "star" tenant at Missoula’s Montana Technology Enterprise Center.

Written by
Marc Stergionis
Tribune Staff Writer

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