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"Always be smarter than the people who hire you." Lena Horne
It's hot but there's still a lot going on and interesting reading to keep you excited about the future of the economy of the Northwest: "BoomtownUSA by Jack Schultz - “The New Ten Commandments of Community Leadership”" http://matr.net/articl ... .html --- "Sopris Foundation Conference -- "Innovative Ideas For A New West", 7/13-15, Missoula, Montana" http://matr.net/events ... =1955 --- "Pacific Northwest Economic Development Council Annual Meeting, 07/16, Helena, Montana" http://matr.net/events ... =1937
Boomtown Institute
Come Home Montana
- The Agurban from Boomtown Institute. Preparing for the Future - Part 1
The study highlights some of the tough issues now facing state policymakers and educators as they redesign high school education for the future
- BoomtownUSA by Jack Schultz - “The New Ten Commandments of Community Leadership”
This is a book that many Economic Development professionals are going to want to buy for their boards and allies.
Developing Tech Jobs in Rural Communities
- Into the Big Sky. Traveling Going-to-the-Sun is a trip back in time
IT is not until after you brave the steep, narrow road, negotiate its hairpin curves, and blink hard while passing its sharp drop-offs, that you begin to understand. At the top, as indigo mountain peaks meet a sea of blue sky, it dawns on you: so this is why they call it the Going-to-the-Sun Road.
Funding and Building your Business
- Drug maker may bring 150 jobs to Nampa, Idaho
"This is a fantastic opportunity for Nampa," Long said. "It's pretty rare that communities anywhere have the chance to attract high-quality jobs."
Education
- She Talks to Angels
So what’s the real difference between angels and VCs? Increasingly the lines are getting blurred, and I am of the mind that it may not matter any longer.
- VCs Strained But Not Broken
“You don’t become an entrepreneur,” he said. “You either are or aren’t.” For dyed-in-the-wool entrepreneurs, Mr. Lax said, a 9-to-5 job is not an option. “When you decide entrepreneurialism is in your blood, you become unemployable,” he said, reciting the names of technology titans Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, and Michael Dell, each “a disappointment to his mother. They couldn’t finish college. Total losers.”
- New execs help companies profit environmentally
Now, the so-called C-Level Suite is swelling again -- this time, with chief sustainability officers.
- Looking for Angel Funding? Here’s How …
1. Know what an angel looks like.
- More Small Firms Expand Abroad
Small companies are finding now is a good time to broaden their horizons.
- Inside Entrepreneurship: Create your own business plan
If you write your own business plan instead of hiring someone, you're likely to learn more about your business.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- College creates special scholarship for first-generation students
He says the lower grade-point average required for the scholarship will make it more accessible for first-generation college students.
- For Home Students, Chance to Join the Club in Public School
Prince William's decision reflects an increasing willingness among school officials to open their doors to home-schoolers, a group with whom they have traditionally clashed.
Incubators and R&D
- Cursor control at the tip of your tongue
Ravi Vaidyanathan, an engineer at the University of Southampton, UK and Lalit Gupta of Southern Illinois University Carbondale have created a device that identifies a range of different tongue movements with 97 per cent accuracy, using a microphone that sits inside the ear.
- Eye-Tracking Device Lets Billboards Know When You Look at Them
"It will revolutionize the digital-signage industry because it solves the half-missing part of the business model. Right now they're pushing ads to clients, and they don't even know if those clients are seeing those ads."
Developing Funding Opportunities in Montana
- At Yale, a New Campus Just for Research
Across the country, research universities are trying to add acreage to their campuses, often at a substantial cost and over the opposition of local residents.
Montana Business
- Montana's Frontier Angel Fund Partners with Angel Soft to Enable Better Interactions Between Entrepreneurs and Angels.
Although Frontier Angel Fund, LLC is closed, the fund continues to seek other accredited investors who are interested in sharing investment opportunities.
Montana Economic Development
- Flathead and Lake County Montana Boaters Can Request Property Information From the Water for Sotheby's Realty via Goomzee
Soon boaters will be able to receive property information to their cell phones, right from the water. Iron Horse Properties, the Exclusive Affiliate of Sotheby¹s International Realty for Flathead and Lake Counties.
- That's the ticket! Montana company carves out niche. Elk River Systems
Elk River Systems employs 18 people and has offices in Bozeman, Harlowton and Los Angeles.
- For Montana based river restoration company, business is booming. THI Riverworks
"Nature did a great job, we try not to screw it up," Sprague says while gazing across the lush valley, its basin etched by the Yellowstone River with the Absaroka Mountains as an abrupt backdrop. "Our motto is: First do no harm."
- THI RiverWorks Inc. of Livingston, MT develops waterproof computer
Called the RiverWorks Rapid Assessment System, the $2,500 unit combines a digital camera, Bluetooth wireless technology and a GPS receiver to make observations while performing assessments, monitoring or inspecting.
Idaho Business
- Experts to listen to Laurel, MT residents through community assessment
Session participants will collect responses from community members and use that data to determine the direction community members want for Laurel's downtown area. The assessment is done at little cost to the community, because the BSEDA is supported with county and city mill levies to promote local economic development.
- The Cut Bank Development Corporation hires Tom Hayes as executive director with experience, grant writing ability
"His ability to research grants and write successful grant applications is just what we were looking for."
Careers
- North Idaho College program tries to keep pace with demand for graduates.
Jim Cultra is having a hard time keeping up with demand for his graduates.
- Idaho companies to vie for $10,000 prize during Techlaunch 4.0
Techlaunch, now in its fourth year, allows Idaho entrepreneurs an opportunity to practice their sales pitch in front of a board comprised of five representatives from various sectors of the financing food chain.
Energy
- Leadership Skills Ease Stressful Promotion to Uncharted Territory
Your promotion into unknown territory could work well, too -- if you follow Mr. Church's footsteps and avoid his missteps. Among them:
Transportation
- Wyoming coal town going 'green'. "The Wright Stuff"
This small town in the heart of the nation's top coal-producing area is about to power all of its government buildings with renewable energy.
- Frontier Airlines Announces 4 Cities for Regional Service
A little community support didn't hurt, either. In Wichita, more than 1,200 residents used a link on the airport's Web site to e-mail Frontier asking for service.
- Hey America, Make With the !@~$ High-Speed Rail Already. High-Speed Rail Operators Team Up Against Airlines
Conspicuously absent among those emerging markets: the US.
- The Rise of the Bike Kitchen
Do-it-yourself bike cooperatives are springing up everywhere.
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