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New Study Documents Growing Role for Higher Education in Driving Economic Development Efforts in the States:
'New Paradigm' for Economic Development
The United States and its higher education systems are on the verge of a "new paradigm" in defining the roles of colleges and universities in promoting state ...
Nominate Missoula Today! - Many at Missoula meeting laud benefits of Google connection - Rally For Google Fiber For Missoula, 3/20, Missoula:
Missoula can offer Google http://www.google.com brainpower that will more than meet its fast fiber.
The community has high Internet traffic. And the Garden City's world-class surgeons and creative ...
Interest-Free Loans available to Montana's small businesses. BOOTSTRAP MONTANA LOAN PROGRAM:
Greetings,
TechRanch, in partnership with the Gianforte Family Charitable Trust, announces that interest-free loans are still available for 2010. The program loans funds ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 ...
Montanans Encouraged to Participate in On-Line Speed Tests to Map High Speed Internet Availability:
The Montana Department of Commerce is encouraging Montana citizens to help test the speed and efficiency of Montana’s broadband Internet service by participating in on-line speed tests.
The ...
Humanities Montana "The State Of Montana: A Conversation With Pat Williams And Lorents Grosfield, 3/24, Missoula:
2010-03-24 19:30:00
DoubleTree Hotel
Contact: http://www.humanitiesmontana.org
Humanities Montana will host "The State of Montana: A Conversation with Pat Williams and Lorents Grosfield, moderated ...
Good kids from Missoula Valley high schools have fun being bad in MCT's ‘Grease' (Get your tickets now!) - By supporting children, you’re investing in their future:
Over the past two months, Jim Caron has spent his evenings teaching good kids how to be bad. It's an odd and rather ironic challenge for the co-founder of Missoula Children's Theatre. And what's proven ...
Tribe receives $12.3 million in stimulus broadband funds:
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe was awarded $12.3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to construct a broadband network that will provide high-speed Internet access for the rural communities ...
Montana schools to seek U.S. funds:
Montana education officials are creating a plan to compete for federal stimulus dollars reserved for academically high-performing states.
It’s part of the federal Race to the Top program, and the ...
“Business Incubators and Their Role in Job Creation”:
"In our experience, best practice incubators have exceptional linkages with local and regional private equity communities. NBIA is interested in demonstrating the effects of these programs and helping ...
We Are The World 25 For Haiti :
The Orton Family Foundation E-Journal - Taking Stock in Common Ground - The Yaak Valley of Montana:
Rick Bass returns to Scenarios with the story of “a quixotic little grassroots group” that fought for game- changing solutions—and revolutionary legislation—resulting in the first designated wilderness ...
5 techniques to help turn a great idea into a great business:
In the world of entrepreneurship, great ideas are plentiful. Great execution, not so much. Edison said it best: “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.” In his new book, ...
Invisible tags may give bar codes the boot:
Long checkout lines will be history if a newly developed technology delivers. The printable transmitter—invisibly embedded in packaging—would allow a customer to walk a cart full of groceries or other ...
Wag More And Bark Less, 03/29, Bozeman:
2010-03-29 12:00:00
Bozeman Public Library
Contact: info@allaboutwork.net
WAG MORE – BARK LESS
Or
What do Emotional and Social Intelligence
Have to do with My Business?
Studies have been ...
Crown Of The Continent E-Magazine Available :
The winter issue of the Crown of the Continent e-magazine has been released and can be found online at http://www.umt.edu/urelations/crown.html .
The region called the Crown of the Continent encompasses ...
Midwest Economic Success Stories:
Most observers do not associate the Midwest with urban success, but quite the opposite in fact. But while there are plenty of places that are legitimately suffering, there are also plenty of success ...
Must schools change how writing teachers are taught?:
"I was incredibly well trained to teach college writing, but only one course at a time. How do you teach five classes when you've only been trained to teach one?"
That was the question of a community ...
Angels step into venture capital void:
Canada's venture-capital industry is far from healthy, particularly if you're a start-up looking for investment to turn an idea or a prototype into a product and a business.
For entrepreneurs, there ...
Highlight your Montana nonprofit in new website:
In our work to promote a strong nonprofit sector in Montana, MNA is creating a new website called Build Montana* and once again we want to feature the fine work of Montana's nonprofits throughout the ...
A Bump in the Road? Prepping for Preggo Employees :
Silicon Valley faces brain-drain threat:
For years, many of China’s best and brightest left for the United States, where high-tech industry was more cutting-edge. But Mark R. Pinto is moving in the opposite direction.
By KEITH BRADSHER
Full ...
Without innovation, energy companies are doomed:
To cope with radical upheavals in their sector, energy companies need to cultivate a culture of radical innovation, writes Truman Semans. That means more than just R&D, Semans argues: To survive, utilities ...
NEW PUBLICATION - MIT Entrepreneurship Review:
The MIT Entrepreneurship Review is a new online publication about entrepreneurship that is produced and written by MIT students dedicated to analyzing trends in entrepreneurship at MIT and beyond. I’ve ...
Success Through Economic Gardening Focus:
The Florida statewide Economic Gardening project is the first test of our concept to see if it can work at a large scale. The State of Wyoming has been running a statewide project for a number of years ...
Montana State University Orser Speakers Forum Features The ArmorAll Story On, 3/25, Bozeman:
2010-03-25 16:10:00
Strand Union Building).
Contact: Audrey Lee at 406-994-7026 or e-mail: audrey.lee@montana.edu.
The Spring Orser Speakers Forum will host Alan Rypinski, the man who launched ...
Big Sky, Montana: bargain basement property available in the land of "The Biggest Skiing in America":
All along the paved switchbacks in the Madison Mountains, prices for homes and condos have been cut by 30 to 40 percent over the last year, said Martha Johnson, president of Rivers to Peaks Real Estate, ...
Montana Career Opportunity - General Manager/CEO, iConnect Montana LLC :
Job Title: General Manager/CEO
FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports To: Board of Directors, iConnect Montana LLC
iConnect Montana http://www.iconnectmontana.com operates carrier hotel and data center ...
Boulder Valley schools hold first-ever 'Elementary College Nights' School district: 'The earlier the better':
Boulder Valley School District counselors, administrators and financial experts will be giving college-planning advice to a much younger crowd than usual this spring.
Five "Elementary College Nights" ...
The Film “The Cove,” Oscar Winner To Have its Missoula Premier at the 33rd International Wildlife Film Festival in May:
The Oscar Award Winning Film, “The Cove,” http://www.thecovemovie.com/ will have its Missoula Premier at the 33rd International Wildlife Film Festival http://www.wildlifefilms.org/ in May. And ...
The Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation Award Grant to After School Program of International Wildlife Film Festival:
“After-School Kids Club Safari Program”
Hopes to Inspire Interest in Science & Media
The Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation http://www.dpwfoundation.org/ has just awarded a grant to a new after-school ...
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