BUSINESS NEWS AND FUNDING

Deal terms catch up with biotech

Risk-wary investors seeking aggressive deals in medical and science sector Venture money has been flowing more generously into medical and science deals than to other fields for a few quarters now. But it looks like…

Silence is a virtue

Tech start-ups of the late ’90s couldn’t make enough noise about how wonderful their technology was. Now they can’t stay quiet enough. Hilmi Ozguc doesn’t want to talk about his new start-up, Maven Technologies –…

Birth of a Startup: Big picture coming into focus for entrepreneur

Lon McGowan’s start-up has survived its first six months, a tumultuous 176 days that has seen the young entrepreneur pile up more than $25,000 in credit card debt and lose his first employee. By JOHN…

Don’t tell Spokane firm this is an eBay world

Default Browser: Tom Sowa says ePier.com has done what many online businesses couldn’t – make a profit. You’d think there was just one online auction site, judging by the publicity eBay has received the past…

Sale may keep the momentum in Seattle area’s biotech industry

AMGEN’S PURCHASE of Immunex means that scientific talent could be recruited to other cities — or it could be the opportunity to build a stronger biotech community here. By Luke Timmerman Seattle Times business reporter…

MSU Research roundup -Burn index -Whirling tips -Afternoon sigh – Royal writers

Burn index Are forest fires burning hotter than they used to? What kind of restoration should be done in a burn site? Answers to these and other questions land managers face could come from a…

MSU professor named to Technology Review’s young innovator list

Steve Shaw, electrical engineering professor at Montana State University, was selected as one of 100 of the world’s top young innovators in a list compiled by Technology Review magazine, a magazine from the Massachusetts Institute…

Utah Ranks No.1 in Growth of Women-Owned Businesses

The Salt Lake City-Ogden metropolitan area is No. 1 among the nation’s 50 largest cities in the percentage of growth of women-owned businesses, their employment levels and sales over the past five years, according to…

Ag experiment stations plan summer events for public

BOZEMAN – Montana Agricultural Experiment Station research center field days will be held at Moccasin, Havre, Huntley, Sidney and Williston, N.D., during July and August. In addition, a USDA-Agricultural Research Service open house and ground…

Business Plans That Sell!

Writing a good business plan is hard work. Hundreds of books and articles have been written on the subject, each offering different and often conflicting advice to entrepreneurs. You could read them all and still…

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