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Conducting a Yearly Performance Review

It’s wise for a business to conduct regular performance reviews of employees, in which each employee’s performance is evaluated and commented upon. Such reviews give management the chance not only to rectify poor performance (or…

Top Tips for Taglines That Engage First-Time Visitors

A good tag summarizes what your site is about. It quickly and clearly explains your product or service.

Eight Elements of an Ethical Organization

There has been a lot of attention paid to ethics in business lately. Of course, most of that focus has been on the lack of ethics in business. by Jana Matthews Founder and CEO, Boulder…

Spokane Area’s tech talent has energy to succeed

I continue to be struck by the passion these leaders and innovators express for technology-led growth. I also continue to be impressed by the quality of technology I have found at our universities, in our home workshops and within our existing companies.

Mentor can be a big help for budding entrepreneur

So how does an aspiring entrepreneur convince someone whose time is extremely valuable to spend time as a mentor?

Ethics and the Entrepreneur

This last year has been momentous in so many ways – our world has been turned upside down and inside out. The moral and ethical corruption has been vast and immeasurable: from the corrupt minds…

Bank Fosters Economic Development for Alaska Indians

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Bank executive John Beirise couldn’t go along with the "acquire and fire" mentality that gripped the banking industry in the mid-1990s, so he launched off on his own. BY MARY PEMBERTON THE…

Cluster of biotech businesses in Colorado should grow naturally

It’s so important that biotech has an opportunity to grow out of academic labs. Biotech is the first industry in the U.S. that really has come out of labs of academic medical centers.

Can a silly idea lead to success?

"Ideas for new projects come from hanging out with kids. "We don’t have one-way mirror focus groups. We go hang out in classrooms. I like kids a lot. As sappy as it sounds, that’s the truth." After all, it’s what you would expect from a company whose mission statement is "create wonderful things, be good, have fun." Who needs any more than that?"

Companies find benefits from telecommuting-Employees are happier, more productive

Friday, November 29, 2002 Heralded as the workplace of the future, telecommuting is thriving today and saving companies millions of dollars. L.A. Lorek, Hearst News Service San Francisco Chronicle About 25 percent of IBM Corp.’s…

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Montana Bioscience Cluster Initiative - Collaborative program design and execution and integrated programs fostering innovation, technology commercialization, entrepreneurship and sustainable small businesses

As the hub of learning, creativity and innovation in Northwest Montana, Flathead Valley Community College is expanding