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"We talked about two ways to run a company. It could be money driven, but when you run out of money it's over. Or it could be fun driven, and you never run out of fun." Aaron Stanton, founder of the Web site http://www.CanGoogleHe ... e.com
Yet another example of the innovation that is encouraged in the Montana education system: "MSU graduate, Jeffrey Sharkey wins $275,000 in Google's Android Developer Challenge" http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html ---
MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association
Montana Meth Project
- MEDA September Online News Available
See you soon in Billings.
Come Home Montana
- Meth Project Summer Newsletter
The Meth Project is pleased to announce the release of its Summer 2008 Newsletter. Highlights include the launch of the Idaho Meth Project, Illinois Meth Project, and Wyoming Meth Project; impact of the program in Montana and Arizona; and updates from each of the program states.
Come Home Nebraska
- Henry Winkler, "The Fonz", falls fly, line, rod and reel for Montana
Though he has traveled around the world, Winkler talks about why Montana never fails to take his breath away.
Leadership Montana
- Nebraska Rural Living - Come Join Us
If you miss the safe, quiet streets, the wide-open sky, the sense of knowing – and caring about – your neighbors, we urge you to register and be a part of our community.
Montana Biotech
- Coaching Self-Assessment for Leaders
The questions relate to the skills and qualities needed for effective coaching. Use this assessment to evaluate your own effectiveness as a coach.
Montana Business
- Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
We don't really know as much about how to manage research or value it, especially when it has long time horizons. —Kent Bowen
Funding and Building your Business
- Washington utility nixes power purchase from coal-fired plant in Montana
After news surfaced of Grant County's interest, central Washington residents offered plenty of comments, most of them criticizing plans to use electricity produced by the coal-fired plant.
- How to help minority-owned small businesses expand their businesses globally
In the last 25 years, the number of minority-owned businesses in this country has nearly tripled.
- Success in Hamilton, Montana helps algae-for-biodiesel project in funding effort. Green Star
“At the end it’s an accounting problem,” LaStella said. “Can we make oil at $3 per gallon?” LaStella said they accomplished in Hamilton, Montana.
- Montana State Auditor John Morrison Announces 22-City Tour to Feature Special Screenings of Documentary "Fraud Under the Big Sky"
Film warns Montanans about dangers of investment fraud; provides fraud prevention tips and info
Incubators and R&D
- 400+ Early Stage Investment Groups Join Up Online - Angelsoft
Single Global Network Provides Access to Billions in Startup Capital
- Winners of World's Best Presentation Contest
These are the winners of the Slideshare World's Best Presentation Contest. Notice the use of pictures and graphics, big fonts, and minimal text. Check them out
Montana Education Excellence
- University of Montana Bee Researchers Unveil Tool to Chase Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)
“I think this shows the strength of the merger between our two- and four-year systems,” Henderson said. “There is a lot of synergy within the University system.”
- Boise State researchers report cancer breakthrough
Researchers at Boise State University say they have used emerging nanotechnology techniques to devise a way to kill cancer cells while leaving normal cells healthy.
University TechTransfer
- MSU graduate, Jeffrey Sharkey wins $275,000 in Google's Android Developer Challenge
The contest was designed to get developers working on programs for Android, Google's new cell phone operating system.
- Montana teachers build real-life lessons for students after Georgia (the one in Europe, not the state) trip
Two weeks before Russian tanks rumbled into the country of Georgia, three Billings teachers toured the nation as part of a Montana Geographic Alliance project.
- University of Montana Web site getting $57K facelift, seeks feedback
You can view the redesigned UM Web site by clicking on “preview the Web site redesign” at the top of the page at http://www.umt.edu and leave comments and suggestions on any of the redesigned pages.
- Let’s do more than just ‘teach the test’ in Montana
Nobody is saying the community’s schools are perfect and can’t improve, but it is patently obvious that the schools aren’t terrible, either.
Idaho Business
- College turns academics into business venture
"The measure of success used to be how many papers were published," Sundarrao said. "Now it's how much of what you produced at the university is in the community."
South Dakota Economic Development
- Truce Is Reached in Battle Over Idaho Forest Land
“Today is a kind of epiphany because we might have a solution for at least one state.”
- Premier Technology joins Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES), donates equipment
The partnership will enable Premier Technology to work closely with CAES members – which include Idaho’s three public universities, private industry and the Idaho National Laboratory – on projects to develop technology-based workforce and economic development around the state.
- Boise call center will close this fall, idling 105 workers
By late October, customer service calls to a DHL Express call center in Boise will be routed somewhere else.
- WDSGlobal continues Boise expansion
England-based WDS, a major employer in Kirkland, Wash., provides support and management services to clients in the wireless communications industry.
Education
- South Dakota Seeks Electronic Health Record Applications
The goal of the five-year demonstration project is to encourage primary care physician practices to use electronic health records (EHR) to improve the quality of patient care.
Connectivity & Communications
- Top Vacations Spots For Geeks
Anyone can head for the beach, but if space flight, astronomy, or science fiction/fantasy movies (Lord of The Rings, anyone?) mean anything to you, try these destinations instead.
- Open Source Textbooks Challenge a Paradigm - Flat World Knowledge
There is a huge, inelastic demand for college texts, even though textbook prices are high.
Energy
- Google prepares to launch Android mobile phone system
Google is prepping for the release of its Android mobile phone operating system by taking a page from Apple's playbook -- and updating it.
- Brain Scanners, Fingercams Take Computer Interfaces Beyond Multitouch
Multitouch is merely the first step of a coming revolution in the way people interact with computers.
- Google aiming browser at Microsoft; test version debuts today
A beta version of Google's browser for Windows, called Google Chrome, will debut today in more than 100 countries. It will offer features that make it easier and faster to browse the Web.
Transportation
- Calculating Your 'Water Footprint'
Your morning cup of joe - all things considered - takes 140 liters of water to make.
- Finally, Some Sense: Montana's Gov. Schweitzer for Energy Secretary
Whoever becomes the next president of the United States should name Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D), a politician of remarkable vision and common sense, as secretary of the Department of Energy.
- Great Lakes Airlines resumes flights to rural Montana communities this week
“We’re definitely very excited to get the service finally up and running,” Monica Taylor, director of sales and marketing for Great Lakes, said.
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