In Montana, Innovation is All Around Us

Perhaps it’s one of Montana’s best-kept secrets, that our state has long been known as an incubator for innovation. Our state continually ranks number one in the U.S. for startup activity, and high on similar lists for entrepreneurship. Our wages are growing faster than in most states, and large and small businesses can grow in Montana and create good-paying jobs. That’s not surprising to us, because we’ve all chosen Montana as the place to turn ideas into opportunities.

It’s often true that the remarkable landscape we live in, and the unique people we work with inspire new inventions, businesses, and products. In Whitefish, a retired skier saw a need to offer backcountry skiing opportunities, so he retrofitted trail grooming machines with fiberglass cabins to get groups of people to mountains of untouched snow. Now, Great Northern Powder Guides http://www.visitmt.com/campaign/montana-tv/episode-8.html is a world-class cat skiing company right here in Montana.

Full Story of More Great Innovative Montana Companies: http://commerce.mt.gov/News/PressReleases/in-montana-innovation-is-all-around-us