BUSINESS NEWS AND FUNDING

Firms Go Online To Train Employees

"This would have been next to impossible if we had just standard [face-to-face] training," "We’re getting more done with less money,"

Fewer degrees of separation make companies more innovative, creative

Researchers at the University of Washington and New York University who examined networks of companies in relation to their creative strengths have discovered that it is, indeed, a small world.

Northwest Area Foundation Great Strides Award! 4 Communities will receive up to $100,000

The Foundation will select up to four communities from its eight-state region: MN, IA, ND, SD, MT, ID, WA, and OR. At least two awards will go to rural communities.

How a Company Made Everyone a Team Player

Companies are experimenting with different kinds of teamwork as competition and complexity increase and business problems cross departmental or geographic boundaries.

How Tucson Can Learn From Portland

One of the least-known cottage industries in this very civilized city amounts to a tutoring clinic for other cities experiencing growing pains or merely having an identity crisis.

Rural Minn. brainstorms ways to lift economy

No community can pin its long-term economic future on one industry. That includes renewable energy, which sometimes is viewed as a potential savior.

Year Up gives young adults 18-24 a leg up on their careers

Year Up is a one-year, intensive training program that provides urban young adults 18-24, with a unique combination of technical and professional skills, college credits, an educational stipend and corporate apprenticeship.

Share the fruits of state-funded research with taxpayers

The premise of a sensible state IP policy is simple: The public should share equitably in the fruits of the research for which it paid.

How Employers Are Helping To Reduce Job-Related Stress

Glaxo’s "team-resilience program" is an example of the innovative approaches some employers are using to combat work-related stress. Experts say job stress and burnout cost businesses hundreds of billions of dollars annually in absenteeism, medical insurance and reduced productivity.

Free polymers and plastics manufacturing information session in Bozeman on August 27

Dennis Hayford, director of the Polymers Center of Excellence in Charlotte, N.C., will present a short overview of the center’s plastics and polymer capabilities, latest technologies, workforce training opportunities and project successes.

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Big Sky EDA- Building Businesses and Creating Jobs in the Greater Billings, Montana area

For over 25 years, Zoot Enterprises has been a global provider of advanced origination, acquisition, and decision management solutions.

Bozeman is a rapidly growing city with a high quality of life in part due to the easy access to the outdoors, burgeoning tech industry, and cultural experiences it offers.