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Report Offers Strategies to Create Market Responsive Workforce Programs

a comprehensive guide designed to assist community and economic development stakeholders in developing market based solutions for workforce training and education.

University of Wisconsin’s Dr. Vitamin D talks on WARF, tech transfer

In DeLuca’s opinion, it is not enough to simply file a patent and hope someone else will build a company around it. He believes WARF needs help convincing industry to close a deal. "It’s very important that the inventor play a role" in the sales pitch, DeLuca said. "Industry will listen to a scientist."

South Dakota Dedicates $2.8M to University Research Centers

The $2.8 million in awards mark South Dakota’s first foray into using university-based research investments as a tool to grow the state’s economy, the governor said.

Technology Transfer and Commercialization: Their Role in Economic Development

This study has been prepared to aid and inform economic development
practitioners seeking to promote technology transfer and commercialization.

Save money through smart patenting

An experienced and knowledgeable patent attorney will help companies properly evaluate their intellectual property needs and make efficient use of their intellectual property budgets. In the long run, a sound and organized approach to evaluating and acquiring patents will save a company money.

New U.S. Entrepreneurship Monitor Report

GEM researchers argue that all levels of government need to do a better job of creating a regulatory and policy framework that supports entrepreneurship.

7 biggest mistakes of business startups

Your first year of running a new business will chart a steep learning curve. No matter how careful or how knowledgeable you try to be, mistakes will happen. Get used to the idea.

Hamilton lab helps unravel strep mystery – "the flesh eater"

Jim Musser, of Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, calls it "the flesh eater." In 1995, that particularly vicious strain of strep bacteria, began a march through the Canadian province of Ontario. The deadly germ seemed…

Mon-Dak Tour 8/3-5 gears toward ag processors

Touted as the "Mon-Dak Agricultural Frontier," promoters see northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota as a common agricultural region that is blessed with good soils, long sunny days and plenty of water for irrigation through the waters of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers, as well as from aquifers.

Best companies stay on top because their leaders stay open to new ideas

Being an effective leader comes down to seeing and understanding the patterns in your organization. The key to maintaining success and sustaining performance is to recognize your organization’s life cycle stage and who, if not you, might have the leadership qualities needed at any given time.

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PFL Tech Inc. is a marketing technology company that provides sales enablement and marketing automation solutions, as well asprinting, mailing, and fulfillment services. They also provide some great Montana Jobs.

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Montana Technology Innovation Partnership (MTIP)- Promoting Technology Commercialization in the State of Montana.

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.