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Pocatello, ID Bio-tech firm, Global Food Technologies Inc. gets national attention
Global Food Technologies Inc., http://www.globalfoodtech.com a relatively new Pocatello business that says it will begin hiring at least 200 people by the end of 2003, continues to gain national and international attention. By Sean Ellis…
Post Falls, ID furniture maker cuts 60 jobs – Economy takes toll on orders at flexcel
A Post Falls furniture manufacturer laid off 60 hourly employees Friday, another sign of a still-struggling economy. Alison Boggs Staff writer The Spokesman Review "Our incoming orders started coming in slow starting the first of…
Venture capital starts flowing toward defense
Staggered by dot-com era losses, venture capital firms are looking for predictability in their next investments and are finding it in government contractors. Amy Bryer Denver Business Journal At the height of the high-tech boom,…
UW’s Severson has a world of ideas to get out the door
"The UW is the nation’s top public university at snagging
research dollars, but it has never mastered the art of sprinkling inventions
into businesses that parlay them into real products. University licensing income fell from $25 million in 2001 to $17 million in
2002. "
A Strategy for Finding the Right Employees
There is probably nothing fun about hiring employees for a small business owner. It is nerve-racking and time-consuming, and there are no guarantees that a particular candidate is going to work out. By Joyce Rosenberg…
Prudence pays when building a business – Plan and save to get your business off the ground, successful businessman advises
Entrepreneurs also often turn to those closest to them to help them get their business off the ground, but the SBDC’s Jette advises
people to approach that solution with caution. "I would make sure that everything is in writing, even if it’s friends and family," she said. "Sometimes emotions get involved."
Counties try to preserve quiet life Developing rural areas are ‘test cases for smart growth’
How rural counties react to growth will depend on whether they’re in a state
with a history of planning, zoning, farm preservation and environmental
advocacy, he says. But the most pressure on small counties to grow the right
way may come from people who move there searching for a better quality of
life.
Idaho Governor Kempthorne appoints boat maker, LaMoyne Hyde as new commerce director
“I´m very excited to bring an entrepreneur to this position,”
Kempthorne said as he announced Hyde´s appointment.
WSU center opens Center to Bridge the Digital Divide office in Spokane – Agency aims to use technology to bridge gaps, find answers
The chief solution, based on what the center claims as its
expertise, is finding ways for communities or towns to use
technology more effectively.
Lab could spawn high-paying jobs in Spokane- Federal grant for biomedical research wet lab looks promising.
"Without a prosperous business base to start with, however, communities such as Spokane have to turn mostly to institutions of higher education to help them spur promising new ideas and bring them to fruition. Such considerations are elements of a well-coordinated, communitywide strategy. That may be what it takes to get Spokane’s economic future in full bloom."