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SUMMARY:SBA - SBIC program - Invitation to Lenders\, Venture Fund Managers\, and University Tech Transfer Offices - 10/6 - Online
DESCRIPTION:Attention Lending Partners & Institutional Investors\,  \n  \nThe SBA Great Plains and Rocky Mountains Regions are hosting an information session for investors\, fund managers\, and financial institutions to learn more about the SBA – Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Program\, licenses\, and benefits. \n  \nSBIC Information Session for Investors \nMicrosoft Teams Webinar \nTuesday\, October 6 at 2 PM CDT \nRegister \n  \nSBA provides SBIC licenses and capital to professionally managed equity and debt investment funds. The capital is in the form of government-guaranteed loans to the fund to match privately raised capital. The SBA-guaranteed loan\, paired with private capital\, increases access to capital for qualifying U.S. small businesses and startups while potentially improving risk-adjusted returns for private investors. \n  \nAdditional benefits to investment funds and limited partners include: \n\nRapid fund deployment: The potential to capitalize on as much as two-thirds of a fund with SBA leverage means managers spend less time fundraising and more time investing.\nAccess to long-term capital: SBA provides long-term funding\, which is often patient capital that aligns with the long-term growth plans of small businesses and startups. This type of capital is essential for businesses that need time to grow and establish themselves.\nFlexible terms and investment opportunities: The duration of SBA’s financing instruments can be matched with short- or long-term investments. SBICs have the flexibility to invest in a wide range of industries and sectors\, promoting diversity in their investment portfolio. This flexibility allows managers to adapt to market trends and capitalize on emerging opportunities.\nExempt from SEC registration: SBICs are exempt from SEC registration\, yet LPs benefit from the SBA’s careful monitoring of each fund’s performance and regulatory compliance.\nExempt from Volcker Rule: SBICs are exempt from the bank investment limitations set forth in the Volcker Rule as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.\nIncreased financial scale: SBA leverage allows funds to scale up their strategies and extend their financings to more businesses.\nTax advantages for LPs: An SBIC’s LPs may be eligible for tax benefits as investments in SBICs are presumed to be a “qualified investment” for Community Reinvestment Act credit.\n\n  \nThis information session will offer information on how to obtain an SBIC license and the benefits of adding SBA-backed capital and small businesses to investment portfolios. Please share this opportunity with fund managers\, institution or foundation leadership\, investors\, or others that may benefit from learning about this program. This is not intended for small businesses or entrepreneurs seeking SBIC investment. \n  \nSBIC Information Session for Investors \nMicrosoft Teams Webinar \nTuesday\, October 6 at 2 PM CDT \nRegister \n  \nThank you –  \n  \nHere is the LinkedIn post as well:  https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sbasouthdakota_sbic-information-session-for-investors-activity-7507788071086649345-eZv-?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAADuLi8BfWXm4edafHhRRPqqSlOUJLWtvjU \n  \n  \nBrent E. Donnelly \nDistrict Director\, Montana District Office \nOffice of Field Operations \nU.S. Small Business Administration  \n(406) 441-1083 \nCell (406) 439-7613 \nbrent.donnelly@sba.gov \n 
URL:https://matr.net/event/sba-sbic-program-invitation-to-lenders-venture-fund-managers-and-university-tech-transfer-offices-10-6-online/
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SUMMARY:Montana State to present research at Red Lodge community event Oct. 6
DESCRIPTION:Montanans will have an opportunity to learn about Montana State University’s extensive research projects at a community event in Red Lodge. \n“Bringing Research Home to Red Lodge” will be held at the Roosevelt Center\, 519 S. Broadway Ave.\, on Tuesday\, Oct. 6. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for the 6 p.m. event\, which is hosted by MSU’s Office of Research and Economic Development. Refreshments will be available. \nClose to a dozen posters featuring student-driven research will be on display at the event. There will also be three verbal presentations focused on impactful MSU research. The topics of focus are water conservation\, artificial intelligence and science communication through art. \nThe planned speakers are Eric Sproles\, MSU associate professor in the Department of Earth Sciences and director of the Geospatial Core Facility; Jack Schnepf\, a recent graduate of MSU’s studio arts program and Director of MSU’s Center for the Communication of Science; and Adam Sigler\, assistant professor in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences and MSU Extension water quality specialist. \nIn line with the university’s land-grant mission\, the goal of the event series is to share MSU research with communities across the state\, said Mike Veselik\, MSU’s assistant vice president for economic development and federal relations. \n“This is an inaugural event to bring research happening on campus and in our research facilities around the state to communities throughout Montana\,” Veselik said. “We look forward to engaging with cities\, towns and communities around the state to have conversations about MSU research and how we are impacting the lives of Montanans.” \nMSU strives to connect with Montanans and communicate the ways its research and outreach help people every day\, regardless of if they’ve ever set foot on the MSU campus\, Veselik said. \nFrom holding listening sessions to develop a new strategic plan for MSU in towns across the state\, to the annual bus tour that highlights how the university supports economic development in small communities\, the series is yet another way for university researchers to connect with the people their work aims to serve\, he added. \nAdditional details will be made available as the event approaches at http://www.montana.edu/calendar/events/58814. \n\nContact: Alison Harmon\, vice president for research and economic development: (406) 994-2891 or harmon@montana.edu or Mike Veselik\, Assistant Vice President for Economic Development and Federal Relations: michael.veselik@montana.edu
URL:https://matr.net/event/montana-state-to-present-research-at-red-lodge-community-event-oct-6/
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SUMMARY:Former Missoula-based Icon Jonathan Weber founder and editor of NewWest.Net: Reading & Signing 10/6 - Fact and Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Matt Frank\, co-founder and editor of The Pulp\, will be moderating this event! \nAbout the book: At the dawn of the 1990s\, San Francisco was a beautiful if troubled mid-sized metropolis. It was still reeling from the AIDS epidemic and the Lome Prieta earthquake\, its economy stuck in a post-industrial slump. Once considered to be the capital of the American West\, and later the beating heart of the global counterculture\, the mythic\, fog-shrouded city at the edge of the continent faced an uncertain future. \nBut in that very moment\, a band of free-thinking technologists\, immersed in the creative zeitgeist of the city\, were inventing the contemporary internet. San Francisco would undergo an epic political\, social\, and economic transformation as it claimed the title of tech capital of the world. Local politicians\, including Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris\, advanced to the national stage. An unlikely marriage of underground culture and technological optimism gave rise to the annual reverie known as Burning Man. \nThis should have been a happy story for San Francisco. But as the city’s tech economy roared\, a host of urban ills lurked in the shadows: homelessness\, drug addiction\, mental illness\, and a crippling lack of new housing. The city’s famous left-wing political establishment struggled to get its arms around the problems\, becoming a punching bag for President Trump and the new right. When the pandemic arrived in 2020\, it created new crises and laid old ones bare\, shattering a “City Family” that had ruled politically for more than thirty years and prompting a sharp rightward turn by the once-liberal tech industry. \nJonathan Weber saw it all up close as a reporter and newsroom leader. He offers a sweeping history of a city that rose to dizzying heights\, only to be undone by the heedlessness of a tech industry it did so much to spawn and politicians who had lost the plot. Drawing on 200 interviews with mayors\, CEOs\, political leaders\, activists\, entrepreneurs\, and artists\, City on the Edge is more than a simple chronicle of a city. It’s the story of a war waged for the heart of San Francisco–one that anticipated the culture wars raging around the world. Its outcome would have an impact far beyond the city’s famed Golden Gates. \nMatt Frank\, co-founder and editor of The Pulp\, will be moderating this event! \nAbout the Author: Jonathan Weber was named the Los Angeles Times’s first-ever Silicon Valley reporter in 1990. He was later editor in chief of The Industry Standard\, a chronicle of and bellwether for the first dot-com boom\, and then moved to Missoula\, where he was the founder and editor of NewWest.Net\, an early online news magazine. He later oversaw West Coast news and global technology coverage for Reuters and was most recently the editor in chief of The San Francisco Standard. \n\n\n\n\nDate:  Tue\, 10/6/2026\nTime:  7:00pm – 8:30pm\nPlace:  \n\n\n\nFact & Fiction\n220 N Higgins Ave\nMissoula\, MT 59802-4435\n\n\n\n\n\nIn-Store Event\n\n\n\n\nEvent Related Books & Products\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n City on the Edge: Technology\, Politics\, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco \nJonathan Weber\nCurrent price:  $32.00 \nHardcover\n\n\nISBN:\n9781668074916 \n\nPublish Date:  6/9/2026\n\n\n\n\nAn “absorbing” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “fascinating” (Financial Times) account of San Francisco’s meteoric transformation into a global capital of technology\, and how the same creative and political forces that gave rise to its boom now threaten to destroy what made it great. \nAt the dawn of… \nRead More about City on the Edge: Technology\, Politics\, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco  \nOn Our Shelves Now
URL:https://matr.net/event/former-missoula-based-icon-jonathan-weber-founder-and-editor-of-newwest-net-reading-signing-10-6-fact-and-fiction/
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SUMMARY:Missoula Economic Partnership Annual Meeting - 10/7 - St. Pat's Hospital
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to MEP’s Annual Meeting for a look at where our economy stands today and what’s ahead for Missoula. Join us as we elect new board members\, reflect on the past year\, look forward to the year ahead\, and connect with business and community leaders in our region. \nWednesday\, October 7\, 7:00am – 9:00am (MDT)
URL:https://matr.net/event/missoula-economic-partnership-annual-meeting-10-7-st-pats-hospital/
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SUMMARY:Don't Miss These FREE Destination  Creation Workshops!  10/6 Shelby and 10/7 Great Falls
DESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe’re getting close! Jon Schallert’s Destination Creation Workshop is coming to North Central Montana in less than two weeks\, and now is the time to register. \nThis FREE workshop is designed for businesses of all types\, from retail\, restaurants and hospitality to professional services\, agriculture and other industries. It’s also a great opportunity for downtown organizations\, tourism professionals\, chambers\, economic development partners\, and city and county officials. \nJon will share proven strategies for helping businesses and communities stand out\, attract more customers and visitors\, and become destinations people intentionally seek out. \nEven better\, attendees will have the opportunity to sign up for one-on-one business conversations with Jon to discuss their specific business\, challenges\, and opportunities. \nChoose the location that works for you:\nShelby — Tuesday\, October 6 \nREGISTER FOR SHELBY \nGreat Falls — Wednesday\, October 7 \nREGISTER FOR GREAT FALLS \nThere is no cost to attend! \nIf you know a business owner\, community leader\, tourism professional\, or local official who could benefit\, please forward this invitation to them! We want businesses and communities from across the region to take advantage of this opportunity while Jon is here. \nThank you to the Montana Department of Commerce for making this free workshop possible through grant funding. \nRegister today and join us in Shelby or Great Falls! \n  \nQuestions? Contact Jamie! \nJamie Rapley \nJamie@GrowGreatFalls.org \nOnline Business Development Officer \nGreat Falls Development Alliance
URL:https://matr.net/event/dont-miss-these-free-destination-creation-workshops-10-6-shelby-and-10-7-great-falls/2026-10-07/
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SUMMARY:Free Destination Creation Workshop: Great Falls\, MT - 10/7
DESCRIPTION:Learn the proven principles of Destination Creation® from internationally recognized expert Jon Schallert. This immersive workshop teaches businesses and communities how to stand out\, attract more visitors\, increase customer loyalty\, and become destinations people actively seek out. Walk away with practical strategies to strengthen your brand\, grow revenue\, and create lasting economic impact.\nHosted by the Great Falls Development Alliance and The Montana Department of Commerce.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreat Falls College MSU: Heritage Hall\n2100 16th Ave S\, Great Falls\, MT 59405\nView on map\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, October 7\, 2026\n08:30am – 04:30pm \nAdd to Google · Outlook Web · Outlook Mobile · Yahoo · iCal\n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\nFree
URL:https://matr.net/event/free-destination-creation-workshop-great-falls-mt-10-7/
LOCATION:Great Falls College MSU\, 2100 16th Avenue South\, Great Falls\, MT\, United States
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SUMMARY:The VBX Keginar series "What Comes After the Transformer?" - Every Thursday Starting 10/8 - Missoula
DESCRIPTION:As a means to connect the research and impact of University of Montana with the larger Missoula community\, VBX has launched what is calling the Keginar lecture series. What is a Keginar\, one might ask? It is one part seminar\, one part beer\, and completely Missoula. \nThe VBX Keginar series takes place Thursdays from 5:30-6:30pm at the new CoBuild Montana Center at 125 1/2 W Main St.\, Missoula (alley behind the Rhino and Top Hat). This Thursday’s Keginar series will feature “What Comes After the Transformer?” This discussion will focus on the current limitations of AI frontier models and what is now being developed as part of the next wave of models. The session will feature a short presentation from University of Montana Assistant Professor Lucy Owen on her recently published paper Understanding Creativity Across Brains and Machines Through the GEEC Framework. \nhttps://lnkd.in/g-U7iVZn \nAll techies and AI-nerds invited!
URL:https://matr.net/event/the-vbx-keginar-series-what-comes-after-the-transformer-every-thursday-starting-10-8-missoula-2/
LOCATION:CoBuild Montana Center (alley behind the Rhino and Top Hat)\, 125 1/2 W Main St.\, Missoula\, Missoula\, 59802\, United States
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SUMMARY:The VBX Keginar series "What Comes After the Transformer?" - Every Thursday Starting 10/8 - Missoula
DESCRIPTION:As a means to connect the research and impact of University of Montana with the larger Missoula community\, VBX has launched what is calling the Keginar lecture series. What is a Keginar\, one might ask? It is one part seminar\, one part beer\, and completely Missoula. \nThe VBX Keginar series takes place Thursdays from 5:30-6:30pm at the new CoBuild Montana Center at 125 1/2 W Main St.\, Missoula (alley behind the Rhino and Top Hat). This Thursday’s Keginar series will feature “What Comes After the Transformer?” This discussion will focus on the current limitations of AI frontier models and what is now being developed as part of the next wave of models. The session will feature a short presentation from University of Montana Assistant Professor Lucy Owen on her recently published paper Understanding Creativity Across Brains and Machines Through the GEEC Framework. \nhttps://lnkd.in/g-U7iVZn \nAll techies and AI-nerds invited!
URL:https://matr.net/event/the-vbx-keginar-series-what-comes-after-the-transformer-every-thursday-starting-10-8-missoula/
LOCATION:CoBuild Montana Center (alley behind the Rhino and Top Hat)\, 125 1/2 W Main St.\, Missoula\, Missoula\, 59802\, United States
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SUMMARY:Montana Ambassadors Seattle Speaker Series:  Aerospace in Montana - 10/8
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a focused conversation on the growing aerospace industry in Montana.\nOur Speakers Include:\nRichard White\, Senior Manager\, State & Local Government Operations\, Boeing\nJohn Janicki\, President\, Janicki Industries\nTodd O’Hair\, President & CEO\, Montana Chamber of Commerce  \nWe’ll cover: \n\nBoeing’s experience successfully operating in Helena\nWhy Janicki Industries chose Great Falls for their manufacturing campus expansion and their go-forward plans\nHow the Chamber of Commerce and the Montana Department of Commerce attract new companies to move to\, or expand in\, Montana
URL:https://matr.net/event/montana-ambassadors-seattle-speaker-series-aerospace-in-montana-10-8/
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SUMMARY:406 Transfusion: Injecting youth into the care continuum - 10/13-14 - Fairmont Hot Springs
DESCRIPTION:The Work-based Learning Collaborative\, in partnership with Montana Primary Care Association\, is hosting 406 Transfusion: Injecting youth into the care continuum October 13-14 at Fairmont Hot Springs. We invite healthcare professionals\, education partners\, and workforce leaders building the next generation of the workforce to join us for conversations on building physical and behavior health pathways! \nWe are thrilled to have international speaker and author Lisa Walden of Good Company Consulting deliver her keynote Bridging the Generation Gap: Building Healthcare Teams Where Everyone Thrives on October 13.  And we deeply appreciate Hollis Salway of Denver Health joining us for our second keynote on the power of engaging youth and young adults in talent pipelines on October 14. \nEarly bird pricing ends September 1. Learn more and register here! \nThank you to our supporters & sponsors: Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation\, Partnership for Advancing Youth Apprenticeship\, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana\, Area Health Education Center (AHEC)\, Billings Clinic\, Montana HOSA\, Montana Hospital Association\, Montana Office of Rural Health\, St. Peters Health\, Treasure State Strategies\, LLC
URL:https://matr.net/event/406-transfusion-injecting-youth-into-the-care-continuum/
LOCATION:Fairmont  Hot  Springs  Resort\, 1500 Fairmont Rd\, Anaconda\, MT\, United States
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